Airbus intends to test flying car before the end of the year, CEO says
Airbus CEO Tom Enders spoke about the company’s projects in Munich at the DLD conference where he told attendees he hopes the company will demonstrate a single person flying vehicle by year’s end
Why do people want flying cars?
FAA has stated many times they don't have the funding to maintain such a large number of aircraft
have you ever been in a helicopter or biplane?
its really fun
it would be REALLY REALLY useful if you lived far away from a major city center and needed to commute to the city every day,
i just imagine flying from geneva to the lakefront airport in downtown cleveland in 30 min which would normally be well over an hour long car commute if the weather was good
The FAA is really dumb sometimes. Especially regarding economics. As soon as there's a working remote/drone/full autopilot AI system, demand for it will skyrocket, just like the Tesla cars, and everyone and their mother will be pumping money both into the company that makes it, and the infrastructure to support it. The FAA is still living in the 1970s, sadly. This stuff will all happen within the next 20 years easily. Computer technology just keeps speeding up.
The flying car concept has been dead for a while since flying cars would effectively be aircraft which means you would need an FAA pilots' license to operate one. The fact that we have helicopters and planes already makes flying cars pointless.
Why wouldn't you? Oh, let me guess.
>muh stick shift
>muh obsolete transmission
Cars can already fly. They are called airplanes.
>/thread
This sort of project surfaces at least once a year and it never amounts to anything. Ever.
> single person
> car
You may as well call it a flying cruise ship