It's HERE! Your flying car!

[Bayard]

Terrafugia wants to add “vertical take-off and landing” to your daily routine. The aerospace company just released the outer mold line for the TF-X, an awe-inspiring four-seat hybrid car with wings and computer-controlled flight. No runway is needed as twin electric motor pods fold out from each side of the vehicle and a megawatt of power lifts you into the air vertically, while you sit back and finally get to live out your childhood dreams of being on The Jetsons.

The Massachusetts-based company, founded in 2006 by MIT-trained engineers and MBAs, has lofty goals for the TF-X: The vehicle will have a non-stop flight range of 500 miles, fit in a standard single car garage, and recharge its batteries at electric car charging stations. It will be capable of "auto-landing" at approved sites and automatically avoid other air traffic, bad weather, and restricted airspace. Pricing will be similar to that of very high-end luxury cars today. Best of all, learning how to operate the TF-X should take no more than five hours, and flight controls will be similar to steering a regular car.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/auto/terrafugias-tf-x-a-four-seater-hybrid-electric-flying-car/computer-controlled-flight/slideshow/49223382.cms

Described as, "Freakish-Looking Flying Car With Folding Wings In driving mode, the Aska looks something like what might happen if the Batmobile and a Delorean had a baby"

[Shell_Seas]

1. Just imagine all of the wrecks over your house, instead of on the road....No thanks!

[customerserviceguy]

8. Yes

When self-driving automobile technology is finally perfected to the point where there are essentially no vehicle accidents any more, then we can talk about going from two dimensions to three.

Today's NYC copter crash tells us that there are too many things already flying around up there.

[Solly Mack]

2. Want!

[BSdetect]

3. Wonder if they use some new metamaterial.

Super light weight, super tough, easily repaired, cheap to produce?

[Maven]

4. Did anyone else laugh at the sight of that thing backing out of the garage?

LOL.

[Celerity]

5. this says it is driverless, eeeeek

terrafugia's driverless flying car concept remedies future traffic anxiety

https://www.designboom.com/technology/terrafugia-tf-x-flying-car-07-21-2015/

[SeattleVet]

12. Driverless, in this instance, may be a good thing!

The drivers around here have enough trouble handling movement in 2 directions. I can't imagine the carnage that may result when they are required to add a 3rd dimension to their lack of skills!

[mountain grammy]

6. About stinking time!!

[Ohiogal]

7. I can just picture

George Jetson driving it!

[dameatball]

9. I bought a 2014 truck off the showroom and paid around $48,000. In two years it had three recalls.

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Nothing major, but any of them could have caused some possibility of injury. This type of thing crosses many brands. I see no reason to think that flying cars will be much different plus the birds will be much larger than the bugs on the windshield and that pesky gravity will be a problem. I wonder if it is too late for me to go to law school.

[JudyM]

23. Right. At 200mph how is it going to avoid birds?

[tymorial]

10. It's all fun and games until someone flies into the roof of your house

[pnwmom]

11. And they can join the drones flying over the Great Wall of Trump. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I'll wait

for the Jetsons' "compact" model -

[TheBlackAdder]

14. It's a small V-22 Osprey. . . It will just leave a small puddle of blood when it crashes.

[chowder66]

15. What happens when a bird collides with the blades... besides being traumatic and gross? nt

[csziggy]

16. OK - where are the doors?

Do you have to climb over the housing for the propellers to get in and out of it?

[lunatica]

18. I noticed they didn't show that part

I’m wondering the same thing about the space for the propellers. Does the top open like the trunk of a car? Why wouldn’t they say?

[csziggy]

19. They're still working on the concept

I remember an old car that the entire front opened - that might be a good way for egress on this thing.

Here it is!

[lunatica]

20. Exiting looks pretty awkward from this car

And even a minor head on collision would hurt.

It’s kind of cute though.

Thanks!

[FakeNoose]

22. Looks like riders climb in through the back of it

Nobody has to sit in the front, because there are no drivers.

[hunter]

17. My preferred means of transportation is walking.

Next, bicycles and sailing.

Last, electric railroad.

This isn't on my list.

[FakeNoose]

21. I really wanted to see George Jetson get out of the car

... going to work at Spacely Sprockets.