At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas there was another attempt at a flying car. Motoring Weekly has written several articles on this subject: simply search for “flying car” and you’ll get a list of articles with that tag. This one is from Bell, the famous helicopter and aircraft manufacturer founded in 1935. The two most famous machines for me are the H-13 … [Read more...]
Flying Cars Are Almost Here
In recent months, many articles have been written about autonomous cars including here on Motoring Weekly, yet there are other transport modes that have been in development far longer and may well be about to hit the high end of the market - literally! A few months ago I wrote about Alauda, a Sydney based startup who plan to create a flying car race series to further the … [Read more...]
Alauda – The Startup for Flying Car Races
Here’s a future sport - flying car races! Alauda Racing, a Sydney based startup is currently developing both the vehicle and the racing concept. They have great plans and a great foundation. The vehicle they are building is called the Airspeeder Mark 1 and is a quadcopter, similar to the high end drones used for filming events - but bigger, a single seater. The car will … [Read more...]
Flying Cars
I recently commented on the Chinese automaker, Geely, buying Lotus and a company called Terrafugia who make “flying cars” and I wondered if we would see an electric version. The idea of a flying car has been around for decades and is a logical connection to road transport considering that the aero and auto industries were born at the same time and share materials and … [Read more...]
