Flygende bil - Voldsom optimisme demonstreres - Future Flight

 

Jeg har tidligere beskrevet optimismen gjeldene for AAM, Advanced Air Mobility. Der har det stilnet vesentlig, og mange prosjekter har brukt opp pengene sine. Nå kommer disse flybilene med ny optimisme; voldsomt overdrevent spør du meg. Den første fløy i 1947 og står utstilt på Museum of Flight ved Boeing Field. Den har enda ikke slått an. Nå er det snakk om luftrommets beskaffenhet, altså trafikkseparasjon også. Det var ikke snakk om det for 76 år siden. 

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‘FLYING CAR’ RECEIVES FAA SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATION

The FAA has given a “flying car” developer the green light to begin flight testing. California-based Alef Aeronautics recently announced that a prototype of its electric drive-and-fly vehicle has received a special airworthiness certificate that gives the company permission to fly it for research and development purposes.

Alef’s vehicle is designed to operate on roads and in the air, and it can take off and land vertically like a helicopter with eight propellers built into the frame. The company is already accepting deposits for the $300,000 eVTOL vehicle, which it plans to begin delivering to customers in 2025.

Alef Aeronautics unveiled its flying car design in October 2022. (Photo: Alef Aeronautics)

GLOBAL FLYING CAR MARKET COULD EXCEED $17 BILLION BY 2030

A new market research report published by DataIntelo projects that the global market for drive-and-fly vehicles, or “flying cars,” could surpass $17.84 billion by 2030. So far, no such vehicle has been certified for consumer use, but several companies are already testing prototypes both on the ground and in the air.

Meanwhile, the global market for urban air mobility (i.e., air taxis) is expected to reach $28.5 billion by 2030, according to a separate market research study published this week. The researchers forecast a compound annual growth rate of 33.5 percent from 2023 to 2030 for the UAM market. For comparison, the DataIntelo study projected a CAGR of 25.1 percent for the flying car market.