Flying car 2017

Airborne car manufacturers are aiming for a start in 2017.

Prepare yourself for flying automobiles that will take off in 2017.... An astonishing number of small businesses around the globe are competing to be the first to take flying automobiles to consumers, and many predict that 2017 will be a turning point for the sector. Terrafugia, AeroMobil, Moller International and PAL-V are just a few of the firms that plan to manufacture, market and supply their trucks in the coming years.

Terrafugia, an US company established by MIT degrees, anticipates that it will begin producing its flying car "Transition" in 2017. It has already received payments from around 100 clients. AeroMobil, the Slovak company, is planning to complete its flying car project and begin collecting funds in 2017. Dutch PAL-V has already started to receive orders for its car and is expecting delivery to begin in early 2017.

Moller International of California has started to accept deposit and says it could begin to sell its flying cars next year, provided the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration gives the necessary permission. A lot of businesses have previously said that they would begin to sell their cars in a year or two just to postpone their plan again and again.

It seems that regulatory authorities are the primary cause why flying automobiles are kept off the streets and out of the sky. Rolling stock must undergo a large number of testing to demonstrate their roadworthiness and airworthiness. "To build something that works is different from to build something that is allowed," said Robert Dingemanse, chief executive officer of PAL-V, who said his gyrocopter-style car complies with all the necessary street and aviation rules in Europe and the US. These rules may seem like an obstacle to the occasional watcher, but they are conceived to protect everyone in the sky and on the ground. What is more, they are intended to protect everyone.

An example: At the beginning of May, the AeroMobil 3. Recently, AeroMobil received a 2.5 million ($2.8 million) Euro return from a risk equity company after being fully funded by its chief executive officer and co-founder Juraj Vaculik. Moller International was founded by Paul Moller, who said he had been spending $200 million on the development of his aircraft since the seventies.

However, flying car businessmen seem unimpressed, with some saying that they are aiming at the military as well as prosecuting authorities, while others say that they are aimed at wealthy individuals as well as trade proprietors. According to AeroMobil, it wants to open up the deluxe segment of the car industry and reach out to the wealthy who can buy super cars and boats. Said PAL-V chief executive Dingemanse that he is planning to resell his cars for 300,000 ($340,000) each, but he will also be offering a restricted editions car for 500,000 ($566,000).

However, anyone who wants to buy a flying car must be aware that it will not be like The Jetsons Show, where riders are always and everywhere on the road. A lot of these aircraft will need airstrips. "When you can't take off straight, you need an airport," says Moller. Moller' s cars, even those conceived to take off vertical like UAVs, will need "Vertiports" because they generate too much winds for housing, he said.