{"id":213847,"date":"2025-05-12T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/thousands-pre-order-worlds-first-commercially-available-flying-car"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:29:07","slug":"thousands-pre-order-worlds-first-commercially-available-flying-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/thousands-pre-order-worlds-first-commercially-available-flying-car","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Pre-Order World\u2019s First Commercially Available Flying Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oy4AFQzrcm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>San Mateo, Calif.-based <a href=\"https:\/\/alef.aero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alef Aeronautics<\/a> has unveiled the world\u2019s first commercially available flying car, the Alef Model A.<\/p>\n<p>A prototype model made a test flight on 19 February 2025 on a blocked-off road in California. According to Alef\u2019s chief executive officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/alef-aeronautics-drivable-flying-car-takes-flight-first-time-02-20-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jim Dukhovny<\/a>, the test was \u201cthe first documented verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Much more than just a toy or a concept vehicle from science fiction, the Alef Model A has attracted significant interest and support, proving the validity and potential of its design. Its basic plan is that it can drive on the road like any car, have vertical takeoff and landing capabilities, and fly in a forward motion. The company also announced a goal for the vehicle to be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alef.aero\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">affordable for most people<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Mateo, Calif.-based Alef Aeronautics has unveiled the world\u2019s first commercially available flying car, the Alef Model A. A prototype model made a test flight on 19 February 2025 on a blocked-off road in California. According to Alef\u2019s chief executive officer, Jim Dukhovny, the test was \u201cthe first documented verifiable flight of a flying car [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}