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This Flying Car Prototype Soars Over a Stopped Car

New video from Alef Aeronautics shows the company’s flying car prototype driving, taking off and flying over another vehicle in a simulation of a blocked traffic scenario. #alef #flyingcars #alefmodel0 #newtech Subscribe to CNET on YouTube: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Check out CNET’s Amazon Storefront: Follow us on TikTok:…

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New video from Alef Aeronautics shows the company’s flying car prototype driving, taking off and flying over another vehicle in a simulation of a blocked traffic scenario. #alef #flyingcars #alefmodel0 #newtech

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  1. @Anna-b2z4e

    April 12, 2025 at 6:30 am

    Keep inspiring your audience. Your videos are a true embodiment of creativity and professionalism.🧡⚽️⚓️

  2. @Eva-y5w8x

    April 12, 2025 at 6:31 am

    Thank you for your talents.
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  3. @imatimetraveler5760

    April 12, 2025 at 6:57 am

    We got a long way to go 😂

  4. @KingTechHD

    April 12, 2025 at 7:01 am

    This “car” isn’t capable of driving on the road 😂 there’s drones underneath the car’s shell

  5. @tfr6398

    April 12, 2025 at 7:13 am

    what a crap 😂😂😂

  6. @c-j-p

    April 12, 2025 at 7:29 am

    Hearing the CEO’s name made me think of X-files. And that made me think of Archie’s Weird Mysteries. In the old Archie comics, Archie bought himself a car to put a cover on his old Betsy jalopy. After seeing the car’s new look, Reggie traded Archie his top-of-the-line car for old Betsy. At the end of the comic there was Reggie unable to start up old Betsy.

  7. @jonathancruz7848

    April 12, 2025 at 8:44 am

    Cool idea , and I’m sure the one the big boys are REALLY testing is a bit better , but still – not happening – yet . We will get there one day for sure – and it is a cool idea – and people should keep getting pushed to explore and implement new ideas . One day , they’ll hit the jackpot and we will have sky lanes

  8. @yantoeverywhere

    April 12, 2025 at 8:51 am

    That’s a meme

  9. @a1yca7z

    April 12, 2025 at 10:02 am

    It’s a drone with wheels it’s not really a flying car

  10. @Project_Scorpio

    April 12, 2025 at 10:30 am

    Bruh…

  11. @carlospasillas639

    April 12, 2025 at 10:57 am

    This looks like a bad idea,and I don’t know why. 😂

  12. @zero11010

    April 12, 2025 at 11:59 am

    They still produce as much noise as a helicopter. You would still need a pilot’s license to fly one. They wouldn’t EVER suddenly allow these to fly just anywhere. Remember the plane that struck a helicopter a few weeks ago? More stuff like that would happen. Do you know how many cars break down by the side of the road each day? That, but in the sky wouldn’t be good … ask the rich family that just died in a helicopter crash in New York.

    Did you see the rear right tire in the footage where it drives away from the camera? I’m guessing that was after a landing and something broke in the suspension. Maybe a control arm. And the size of those tires shows they really don’t intend this to replace a car, even if this prototype is limited in on road speeds. How will those fans work if there is ever a crash … this car doesn’t have crumple zones that protect the fans.

    This concept will NEVER replace cars as we know them now.

    The whole idea that you’re driving, find traffic, and fly away is ridiculous. It’s just a fantasy. How many fender benders do people get into? Parking lots and city streets? People can’t even function in two dimensions. Now you want to add in a third dimension? And around city streets? It would be people flying through power lines.

    If cars stop becoming individually owned and become communal. Like, AI driven Ubers. We would be able to entirely transform transportation. Fewer cars on the roads. Fewer lanes needed. Less traffic. Less real estate eaten for garages. Less real estate needed for temporary car parking on streets. At THAT point replacing cars with helicopters may start to make sense. Every person just wouldn’t need their own. There would still be buses and trains .. which would be faster with fewer traffic interactions. With better public transit there wouldn’t be the same demand for individual cars. And if the faster buses and trains couldn’t get you to your destination quickly enough, then the flying uber system would work. There would be air traffic … much heavier than there is now. It still wouldn’t be a free for all where one person can fly unimpeded taking any route they want. These would still be super loud … imagine a handful of helicopters flying pretty low any given moment.

  13. @Jakob-Meier

    April 12, 2025 at 12:18 pm

    Can we just ban this in europe? I don’t want such things flying over me and fail…

  14. @michaelharb8023

    April 12, 2025 at 12:29 pm

    It doesn’t look like you survive a car crash with a real car it seems the car is made out of really lightweight and cheap plastic

  15. @kaledwalid7817

    April 12, 2025 at 12:31 pm

    It’s just drones with a shell on top of it. The shell just happens to be in the shape of a car (a bad one at that). Put a pig shaped shell and it’s a flying pig?? $300k 😂😂

  16. @jonathanwalker3627

    April 12, 2025 at 3:15 pm

    The concept of the car itself is pretty amazing but they need to think of the logistics of having ppl driving a flying car. We have ppl that can barely drive on streets, even on a beautiful clear day. Imagine those ppl flying over head. I would hope there’s a mandatory training before ppl can purchase any of these in the future.

  17. @drkitti2244

    April 13, 2025 at 1:26 am

    It’s a waste of investment & time. Completely pointless 😴

  18. @Dwg826

    April 13, 2025 at 6:40 am

    It has to be ai. Look at the plates on the car on the ground the letter s looks warped

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