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Slovak makers of flying car press on after crash

Slovak tech firm AeroMobil is working on a new prototype of its flying car, weeks after the vehicle of the future spread its wings and crashed during a test flight.

"Sometimes you have to push the vehicle to the limit, to see how it behaves," AeroMobil chief strategy officer Martin Bruncko told AFP about the May 8 incident.

ZoyosJD3245d ago

"...we don't need roads."

I personally think the whole concept is a bit silly due to the inefficiencies resulting of combining both designs.

Particularly since helicopters have been around for nearly 80 years.

Stringerbell3245d ago

Yep. People have a hard enough time driving cars on the ground. All the word needs is a quarter million soon to be missiles floating all over the place.

ZoyosJD3245d ago

Agreed.

Autonomous flight is where it's at. It's just in the non-publicly tested phase right now.

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The World's first flying car will be available this year

Is there anything that screams, “We’re in the future” more than a flying car? Slovakia-based engineering engineering firm, AreoMobil are working on bringing the future to you today and are set to unveil the world’s first flying car for the consumer market.

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MattDavisGR2568d ago

World of the Fifth Element is here :D

KingPin2567d ago

hope it has a safety feature of full tank petrol or no take-off.