Powered by a BMW engine and normal fuel, the AirCar flew for 35 minutes between two Slovakian airports in 2021, using runways for take-off and landing.
It took just over two minutes to transform from a car into an aircraft.
Now vehicles made based on its design will be used within a “specific geographical region” of China.
Hebei Jianxin Flying Car Technology Company, headquartered in Cangzhou, has purchased exclusive rights to manufacture and use AirCar aircraft inside an undisclosed area.
Flying cars are the stuff politicans love, because they do not have to change anything about car centric infrastructure at all, do not have to buitl public transport and only the rich can afford them. We call the helicopters today.
Germany’s Minister of Infrastructure just invested 150Million € into a flying taxi company. Its just helicopters.
What I find really disturbing about this is the fact that so many people fall for this scam.
At least they bought the tech this time instead of just copying it. Shame for us though
What a terrible article. Trying to instill FOMO just because the Chinese are coming for it!!!, despite the technology being destined to be exclusively used for rich people’s toys.
“This brave new world of personal transport is acting as a great leveller,” said aviation consultant Steve Wright.
Compared to cars: Energy consumption is much higher. Physical space use is higher. Material use is higher. Steering difficulty is higher. Insurance rates are going to be much higher. (…)
Trying to instill FOMO just because the Chinese are coming for it!!!
Take a look at the posts OP makes – they seem obsessed with posting negative articles about China.
Take a look at the posts OP makes – they seem obsessed with posting negative articles about China.
I have absolutely no interest of posting negative articles on China or any country, company or person. Some friends of mine are Chinese, and they largely support these posts, just fyi.
I have chinese friends too, and they think your posts suck
I have absolutely no interest of posting negative articles on China or any country, company or person.
OP is by no means neutral: https://sopuli.xyz/comment/8043368
You’re basically making the “I have black friends so I can’t be racist” argument. Your post history is like 90% articles like these:
- Chinese Communist Party-Backed Businessman in Fiji is a Top Australian Criminal Target
- Calls for sanctions against China after Beijing accused of cyber espionage in US and UK
- China’s Private Property Developers Face Persistent Funding Constraints, Fitch Ratings Says
- UK lawmakers claim ‘harassment, impersonation, and attempted hacking’ from China
- Millions of U.S. citizens’ online accounts have been caught up in a “sinister” Chinese hacking plot that targeted US officials, officials say
- Threats, fear and surveillance: Chinese students in the UK say they are scared to return home and worry for their families in China after being followed and harassed by the regime in Beijing
- Oxford University held training sessions attended by Chinese doctors accused of illegally harvesting organs
Like, this is not a normal amount of articles about China. This feels like an obsession. If I was posting a similar amount of pro-China articles, I’d rightfully be called a shill.
Thank you for your opinion. Please feel free to also comment on the articles’ contents.
I have noticed this as well; very sketchy: https://sopuli.xyz/comment/8043368
Man I hope this concept never “gets off the ground”. I don’t trust the average person in a car. Let alone in a flying machine? But it seems like such a waste of a concept. Probably can’t use it in most cities, with big airports usually claiming the airspace around them. This one still requires a runway to take off. Try and find the space for that in a city.
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They successfully unloaded their failed company on some greater fool. These things will never be viable for anything other than being rich people toys.
A “flying car” is just a small, cheap plane/helicopter/quadcopter
You forgot the crucial aspect of the flying car concept. Privately owned flying cars are flown by unqualified idiots instead of qualified pilots and get basically no maintenance of safety inspections compared to planes and helicopters.
