{"id":82818,"date":"2025-06-06T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82818"},"modified":"2025-06-06T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:30:07","slug":"first-true-electric-flying-car-could-be-here-by-end-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82818","title":{"rendered":"The first ‘true’ electric flying car could be here by the end of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The flying car is no longer a Sci-Fi fantasy. It\u2019s becoming a reality, and it could be here by the end of the year. Alef Aeronautics is now building pre-production models of what it\u2019s calling \u201cthe first true flying car,\u201d and it\u2019s 100% electric. The company even claims that its flying car<\/a> uses less energy than a Tesla or any other EV.<\/p>\n

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Alef prepares first \u201ctrue\u201d electric flying car for launch<\/h2>\n

San Mateo-based Alef Aeronautics has been developing flying cars for about a decade, but now it\u2019s ready to bring them to life.<\/p>\n

The company unveiled its first prototype, the \u201cModel A,\u201d in October 2022, claiming that the electric flying car can travel up to 220 miles with a 110-mile flight range.<\/p>\n

After kicking off pre-orders the same month, the Model A secured 440 reservations by the end of the year. According to the company\u2019s latest update, the flying car has now secured over 3,400 pre-orders, valued at around $1 billion in total.<\/p>\n

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The orders include businesses and individuals, including a car dealership in California. Alef became the first company to sell a modern aircraft<\/a> through a car dealership with pre-orders.<\/p>\n

You can reserve a spot in the \u201cregular\u201d queue for $150, or $1,500 for the \u201cpriority\u201d waiting list. Alef has begun pre-production at its facility in Silicon Valley and expects to start producing customer models soon.<\/p>\n

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Alef Model A electric flying car on display (Source: Alef)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIf everything goes according to plan, and no major external changes, Alef plans to start production of the first vehicle by the end of 2025 or Q1 of 2026,\u201d the company said (via KTVU<\/a><\/em>), with deliveries set to follow.<\/p>\n

Alef says the Model A is the first road-legal passenger car that can also take off and land. The company even claims that \u201cOn average, the Alef flying car uses less energy per trip than a Tesla or any other EV.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CEO Jim Dukhovny introduces the Model A electric flying car at the Detroit Auto Show (Source: Alef)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the Model A is classified as \u201cultralight,\u201d it doesn\u2019t require a certification to fly on roads legally, Alef told KTVU. It does have other restrictions, however, including the ability to fly only during the day and limited flying zones. Ultralight vehicles can not fly over densely populated areas.<\/p>\n

We got a sneak peek of the electric flying car in action for the first time earlier this year. Alef released a video<\/a> of the flying car hopping over another vehicle on a public street in California.<\/p>\n

Alef\u2019s electric flying car hops over another vehicle in California (Source: Alef Aeronautics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It looked fake, but Alef promises it was the \u201cfirst-ever video in history of a car driving and vertically taking off.\u201d Other flying cars have appeared in videos with tethered flights and other gimmicks to make it seem like they\u2019re actually in flight.<\/p>\n

The Model A starts at $300,000, but Alef says costs \u201cshould drop down drastically,\u201d adding \u201ceventually below levels of Toyota Corolla or Ford Focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alef Model A electric flying car top view (Source: Alef)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Production and manufacturing costs are initially high due to the \u201chand-made in-house level,\u201d the company explained.<\/p>\n

The startup secured a\u00a0mass manufacturing agreement\u00a0<\/a>with PUCARA Aero and MYC for aviation-grade parts last year, which supplies industry leaders such as Boeing and Airbus.<\/p>\n

Alef\u2019s flying cars underwent a \u201cmajor technical update\u201d this week, with more details to follow soon. Following the Model A, Alef is already working on its second flying car, the Model Z, which is expected to be priced closer to $35,000. However, it could be a while before we see it with an expected 2035 launch.<\/p>\n

Source: KTVU, Alef Aeronautics<\/em><\/p>\n

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The flying car is no longer a Sci-Fi fantasy. It\u2019s becoming a reality, and it could be here by the end of the year. Alef Aeronautics is now building pre-production models of what it\u2019s calling \u201cthe first true flying car,\u201d and it\u2019s 100% electric. The company even claims that its flying car uses less energy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}