Alef Model A Flying Car - The Street Legal eVTOL Costs Only $300k

The Alef Model A flying automobile is compatible with a city's existing parking and transportation systems and only requires a simple drone license. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the company intends to start production and make its first deliveries.
The Alef flying automobile is up for pre-sale for $300,000 with a $150,000 ordinary queue or $1,500 priority queue deposit on the company website.
The Alef Model A flying car's driving range of 200 miles (320 km) and flight range is 110 miles (177 km).
#AlefModelA #AlefFlyingCar #Alef #FlyingCar #eVTOL

[@LCInfantry]

I’ll believe it when there is actual video of it confidently flying.

[@AmmoshortageNP]

Yea it’s fake news until we see it with our own eyes

[@NiRvAnA6890]

There already is.

[@LCInfantry]

@@NiRvAnA6890 Link?

[@mjisurdad]

@@NiRvAnA6890why show cgi then? Sure it was approved for flight but only on a concept had been designed.

[@tvdforever5147]

​@@LCInfantryhe doesn't know the difference between real video and cgi

[@rayrous8229]

Dying in a fall is almost as cheap as dying in an experimental submersible.

[@michaelrodriguez621]

That's a pussy mindset, might as well not go outside because I can die.

[@pompis80]

Too soon😂😂😂

[@toxicIIItonic]

Never to soon for pure ignorance, people nowa days still can't drive a real car and they want to push this thing for what for the rich?, Let's also think about electric lines telephone polls, I swear people are getting so much dumber when smarter technology is released, no hope for humanity

[@babkaka3ne]

💀💀💀💀

[@ShafaqIftikhar-pw9ld]

I was thinking the same regarding any flying vehicles. What if there is any form of engine failure during flight is there a parachute system fir the vehicle to land safely???

[@fredmyers120]

Just another personal flying vehicle attemp that puts more effort into CGI & fundraising than reality

[@mr1shaggy]

Used plane start at $500k so yeah $300k is a deal

[@kjohns004]

It has been approved by the FAA a little closer to reality now

[@kjohns004]

Next version is a 4 passenger 300 mile range and will cost about 35 k

[@Verybor]

@@kjohns004n 2035 lol

[@kjohns004]

@@Verybor It’s a start, why all the negativity ?

[@barrycruthirds9991]

I get the vertical aspects. It's just an oversized drone. I don't see anything in its design when pivoted 90 degrees and flying horizontally that would create enough aerodynamic lift to keep it in the air flying and any speed less than warp. If successful test flights have been made since '19 (regardless of vehicle size) you'd think it would be part of their presentation.

[@denofcoaches]

Nah, it's silicon valley. Dreams are worth more than physics lol

[@josiahr1375]

​@denofcoaches careful, Elon might come after you. I mean God.

[@mmustric]

As a mechanical engineer I agree and was thinking the same thing

[@gotnoshoes22]

Great comment. I think this thing, at least initially, goes super slow on ground and in the air.

[@willhen50]

It is like a drone, however, will the cabin be soundproof? Can you imagine the noise being produced by those props????

[@popefacto5945]

A $300k price tag isn't going to "scare" anybody who's in the market for a private aircraft. LMFAO.

[@willhen50]

Millionaires, paid that much, for that supposed 90 minute descent to see the RMS Titanic underwater. Someone in a flying car may experience the same consequences. They are both works in progress and not perfected.

[@DNB7227]

Exactly, considering a private jet range from 2 million and upwards😮

[@jaxjags5815]

Too bad it's fake

[@leapyear9460]

When an electric car ignites its quite the light show on the ground. When one ignites in the air, wow.

[@hypnobearcoup2505]

Yeah, lipo vehicles are absolute deathtraps.

[@gregsommerville]

At least someone is trying to make a flying car. Been waiting for that since I was a kid. Maybe they'll get it right in the next decade.

[@Adam-M-]

We already have flying cars, they're called planes.

[@terramangaming2827]

​@@Adam-M-You could just buy a helicopter instead

[@emanuel5944]

@@Adam-M-but those aren’t cars lol

[@GDDjoxy]

​@@emanuel5944doesnt need to be

[@markjason2]

Nahh they just want to scam peoples. Lots of company that do frauds. Giving promising products but will never comes to reality. Example Nikola motors fraud that says they have a truck that runs on water.

[@chrissy9153]

This is the only flying car design that actually looks like a car and not just a plane or helicopter

[@baldskier5530]

Bruh.... Aircar

[@dreddmann9292]

and that has no actual footage of it really existing let alone actually flying. Till I see actual footage of someone really driving and flying the thing , I'm going to have to say it's all bullshit.

[@tirocerto9mm]

Concordo

[@aceofspades1701]

damn you fine (the phone) what's the @? (phone)

[@Josh-tr5zn]

Can't have flying cars without a fully blown dystopian society

[@JarodJoseph]

We’re on pace

[@lordicarus8807]

Yeah, give it a few more years...

[@dalescribner3070]

Not getting in that thing. It has the glide ratio of a rock.

[@CRAZYCR1T1C]

I would rather use a rock.

[@mattymediocrity8255]

One of those things flopping straight down onto my jeep is really gonna pizz me off 😑

[@CMDR_Hadion]

Eh, glide ratio isn’t that big of a deal on electric multi prop aircraft. Electric motors are an order of magnitude more reliable than jets (which are themselves quite more reliable than piston engines) and if you happen to roll several nat 1s in a row and a motor does go out, you still have six motors to land on (you have to shut off the opposite motor to the failed motor) That being said, I bet you will need a pilot’s license, there’s no way the FAA will let you crowd the airspace with that large of a vehicle & not have a license.

[@BlueEyed888]

I wouldn’t even call it an elaborate investor scam, that would be giving it a compliment. I mean if you have even the most rudimentary concept of aeronautics, avionics, necessary FAA certification, dynamic lift, battery power to weight ratios, etc, you can easily see it’s a joke. HAHA.

[@denofcoaches]

@@BlueEyed888 Physics and science are not important in silicon valley. You're thinking too small. Think as big as Elizabeth Holmes and you'll understand LMFAO

[@obrysii]

A 200 pound carrying capacity - including cargo and pilot. Lol.

[@alexhinojosa4600]

It’s a flying lawnmower 😂

[@DRAEK05]

@@Yankeee76 or most people. 6 ft normal weight with average build little musscle is about 180lbs.

[@WLouis305]

4 person car.... 4 50lb people or 3 medium size dogs.

[@DRAEK05]

@@WLouis305 So basically four 8 yr olds flying a car. Sounds like this will end well.

[@kjohns004]

@@Yankeee76 good reason to go on a diet

[@Tterraphorm]

Flying semis gonna be terrifying

[@minetruly]

So they're getting FAA approval, but what about the body that approves car designs? This design probably doesn't have a lot of standard safety features that makes cars safer in collisions, like crumple zones, body strength, and airbags. Such things would quickly add on weight. Will it pass?

[@PotassiumLover]

I imagine due to the mesh body the whole main part of the car will act as a crumple zone haha. As for body strength and airbags that’ll probably be something that’s focused on in that center bubble. Idk, seems plausible.

[@dathpo]

There are lots of safety issues with this. Changing weather conditions during the drive will be intetesting.

[@zyranx9183]

It's a low speed vehicle and can only go 25mph on roads. Presumably because of needing to meet car safety regulations while also still being capable of flight

[@sudstahgaming]

What the hell do you think the water in our cells is for 😂

[@EKA201-j7f]

The FAA approval is VERY LIMITED. Only to fly over certain areas. Probably unpopulated parking lots. It is not really Approved for anything more yet. I wish they would show real video of it flying in its October, 2022 presentation. Didn't it fly I wonder?

[@lilt934u]

Just like new model phones I'll wait for this to be out at least 5 years. So they can work out the kinks. I haven't heard anything about what happens if it fails or stops mid air. Any parachute options... Nothing yet said.

[@acelilumelody4445]

I persinally preferred that motorbike drone that guy made. Capable of flight, it was balanced, and rather than the body rotating 90 degrees the propellers just rotated slightly to give both life and thrust.down side i think it only went like 30mph top speed

[@namyetebarian3684]

It is basically nothing else than a plane/drone that looks like a car. It’s super well thought and it totally makes sense. I think that’s definitely the right approach for this to work.

[@braydenkeel2230]

We’re about to find out how 19th century ppl felt seeing a tv for the first time. This is a straight dream

[@fatalsg92]

I hope that they continue being innovative, but driving a car at high speeds are already dangerous as it is. But a flying car? What happens if it runs out of battery or malfunctions? is going to float? and what are the chances of survival if you crash from the air inside this thing? and just imaging you just chilling driving a normal car, then all of a sudden, a car from the air just happened to crash on you. A lot of questions needs to be addressed. I hope they don't just hype this up too much. we're going to need to make new safety regulations as well as traffic regulations before this becomes public. Needless to say, a lot of adjustment to our current traffic and safety standard is going to happen first.

[@willhen50]

There is the one factor to consider, when converting this car to its flying ability, especially when driving in heavy traffic, and that is the possibility of the accident(s) that will occur when other drivers are DISTRACTED, by a flying car and take their eyes off the road or the car(s) in front of them.

[@pedroz3891]

Hahaha true! There are many traffic jams and accidents that actually happen by something that distracts the drivers. Like I saw a news one day of a giant balloon chicken that was build for a marketing campaign, and it made a 50km traffic jam because everyone was slowing down to look at it 😂 Now imagine a car that suddenly starts flying in front of you

[@alkevinzmedia]

Adding an advanced high end parachute system on top of vehicle in case of accident.

[@TheBestNameEverMade]

People will get used to it.

[@andreiliver9295]

The more dangerous thing is when multiple of these cars simultaneously switch to flying mode during heavy traffic. It's more difficult to maneuver on air to avoid collision.

[@marcinhibner9507]

WHat we need is none propeller propelled vehicles vibrating on from frequencies from energy from all 3 into 6 for direction into powering all from 9.

[@GravityAnalyticaLLC]

Only if the batteries are magically weightless.

[@ohmahgawdfilms]

Solid states will fix the weight issues batteries have

[@yankeesrule587]

they're getting lighter by the day.

[@michaelturner4457]

There are electric aircraft now. But they only have a very limited flight time, compared to piston or jet aircraft.

[@hearmeright607]

@@yankeesrule587there is a limit on how light they can get, before we have to switch technology

[@tulebox]

When an airplane fails, at least it has speed and loft to land safely. Drones, however, when they fail, drop like a rock. So, yeah, flying death trap for the rich.

[@yankeesrule587]

the second model is going to be $35K so that will be the affordable one. I'll wait for that one in 2035. It will also weed out all the flaws between now and then

[@chessward4832]

Don’t forget about the poor on the ground below them! Splat!

[@michaelmccarty6582]

@@chessward4832 between five and eight people of low net worth would make a nice cushion for a high net-worth individual to land

[@ABW941]

​@@chessward4832 So even those who cant afford it have a chance to die through it 😂

[@TheBestNameEverMade]

Noise could be an issue unless the new blades are significantly better then current drones. They couldn't take off in a quite suburb for example. However maybe that is what is superior about these to VTols in that you could just drive to an approved take off location before taking off.

[@dougrobertson5907]

That's funny, cuz in the video it made no noise at all 🤔

[@paulmurphy8993]

I've now watched three of these clips and have yet to see it move...let alone fly! And sorry folks CGI doesn't count.

[@arlanreber6717]

Only tested on smaller prototypes. Haha. Good luck with that. Its well known that things don't scale up very well when it comes to flying.

[@user-my5kb8fi6j]

How the hell do these people even get investors. Is this some kind of elaborate money laundering scheme? Has to be right? No intelligent investor could actually believe this crap can be scaled up on any sort of mass level. Even if you somehow built one of these cars that actually worked like they say it will (already highly doubtful), that would prove absolutely nothing in terms of the currently insurmountable logistical and safety problems of flying this thing around.

[@user-my5kb8fi6j]

P.S. it's also ugly AF!

[@alessandromoretti611]

It's yet another bubble that already burst.

[@onejamaican1551]

Marty Bird has left the chat...

[@RealJoshBinder]

Would a PPL be needed?

[@YummyBaer]

I already ordered mine.

[@monkeycat48]

So are we going to start going from drivers license to pilots license?

[@stav55]

I want to see the crash tests in a normal collision. Something that light and mesh will crumple like a can

[@kirklyles1705]

Hey,gotta start somewhere...i wouldn't get in it but in 10 yrs or so it'll be looked back on as the beginning of something that will be on its way to the norm

[@alejandrobeso3499]

Imagine flying it and all the sudden Santa Ana winds start pushing you wrong direction😳😳

[@rhensontollhouse]

What will keep an overly bold pilot from going airborne in IMC? Experienced pilots quickly see major issues with the hazards of very low altitude flight. More birds, cables, gusty winds, people with guns. Not to mention the issues downdraft can cause.

[@danielgolay8387]

With its speed limitations and and height limitations and flight time limitations its actually just a big drone that can drive. Realistically you could already operate it with a FAA drone operators license in certain areas. Eventually, if it incorporates the advanced autopilot will, which is much simpler than self driving tech, a regular DOL will be all that's needed in residential and commercial areas too. It's actually a great idea.

[@alexc_photos]

Very cool idea, curious to see how this evolves

[@jasondenison9651]

Same price as a ride in a Submarine Hmmm..... makes you 🤔 wonder.

[@Tyler_W]

This is the greatest motivation I've ever had to stop being fat.

[@himenatika]

What type of fuel it will consume? If it's electric car, where are the batteries?

[@d_s_ctube]

Makes more sense to have the wheels double as propellers

[@sammytheface8821]

GENIUS concept design!........ACTUALY fit in a traditional parking space, or single car garage....To have cockpit rotate 90 degrees, turn into biplane.....YOURS is a TRUE FLYING CAR! All other designs I have looked at, Do not have that capability......I am jealous of your great concept.....LOVE IT!

[@SusanLynn656]

Can you imagine driving along in your Toyota when all of a sudden the two flying cars that crashed right above you smash through the roof of your car killing you instantly? Mondays suck.

[@dcm1601]

I also thought of that. A flying car has problems, and it drops out of the sky, killing innocent people just trying to get home from work.

[@mattymediocrity8255]

Where are our jetpacks? We've had the tech since the 70s. obviously too noisy and expensive, so the next step is using drone tech on cars. Why did they skip the easiest build? Solo suit drone packs. These could be made reliable and safe(ish) with a price tag under 10k... probably much cheaper

[@meh6513]

It's not safe and yes jetpacks exist

[@dragnet53]

No rearview mirrors on the car?

[@ItGetsOrganized]

What’s the air traffic rules on path options?

[@stizz1982]

I’ll get hyped when I see a flying car like the Delorean from back to the future. Then I’m sold.

[@CalebImanAyin]

Pov sales pitch: It’s a bird…it’s a plane..no it’s a flying car for only 300k! 😂

[@aaronknight1009]

We aren't far from the 'Jetsons', having a robot doing the cooking and cleaning, and going to work in an autonomous flying car, there are some great fly-car designs coming and Optimus already looks amazing. I can see how you could take-off and fly the Alef, but it didn't show how it would drive on the roads.

[@Tony-rh5qp]

I couldn't stop laughing while watching the video. 🤣

[@tvdforever5147]

Why?

[@CGoes-vx1ch]

Nossa, o número de comentários de doutores em Física e Aerodinâmica é impressionante. Quando dos projetos de aviões também esses "especialistas tipo de "KZbin " rechaçaram a idéia como maluquice.

[@Josh-tr5zn]

Fuck you. Freedom speech. Anyone can speculate.

[@dennisreynolds9202]

I'll buy some stock. I'm going to make my money.

[@2fast2fear96]

Mayhem will be everywhere and im all for it. I want a model B! Streetbike

[@elkulkel6096]

I'm holding out for the flying bike. Sounds like some fun is coming

[@ferdinandmiranda899]

next car: DeLorean BTTF model

[@beyondthematrix3945]

People today don’t know how to drive, despite the fact that automobiles are more technologically advanced more than ever before. Can you imagine the accidents which will occur with flying cars!

[@shubs3566]

So essentially this is carrying around 2 propellers under that mesh as it drives around on roads. Bumps, rocks, mud, water, etc hitting them constantly. If they're covered with some sort of retractable cover, that adds to the complexity and points of failure. Damage to propellers are a death warrant to a flying machine such as this. Of course they have thought this through - they've had 8 years as they say. I hope.

[@manufacturedreality8706]

What about the noise? I have a small drone and it makes so much noise.

[@michaelturner4457]

Drone license by its very definition is for remotely piloted unmanned aircraft only. Surely this will require a minimum of a PPL, with a VTOL rating.

[@MSflyer2005]

How many people can actually use it, with a payload of 200lbs?

[@PotassiumLover]

If you’re not planning on bringing heavy luggage, being under 200 lbs isn’t that hard for most people…

[@MSflyer2005]

@tylernitzsche8144 the average adult male weighs about 200lbs. So it does eliminate quite a bit of the population

[@design8art]

'Nothing personal, it's just business'

[@HookLine48]

I’ll believe it when I see actual test footage

[@RitaRevenaugh-bh5ie]

Live here in usa I drive my own car wow so expensive only rich people could afford it Rita flying car so amazing

[@davidp1773]

Lol it looks like they took the blueprint of the oceangate submersible. Looks identically solid! Also at 300k similarly priced. This screams success.. good luck folks and dont forget to have your waivers signed.

[@airportambiance3116]

How is this video so bad that the voiceover announcer literally directly contradicts the stats that are on screen as she’s speaking?!

[@MarieSino]

If your in the air space of a plane taking off & landing a collision 😢 What about Drunk Flyers? How much time do you have to land before battery charge ends? If your sightseeing over the grand canyon where do you charge if stranded? How much does a battery cost? What about flying traffic laws who has the right of way ?

[@jananek7362]

The Ford Nucleon was a similarly brilliant venture. Good luck.

[@alanpowers8575]

That was supposed to happen 23 years ago. According to my childhood

[@waynephillips2613]

Definitely fly this car before lunch or dinner… tilt the scales above 200 and you’re not making it home

[@dcm1601]

No carb diet for life if you own a flying car.

[@Boris_Chang]

Was that Ringo Starr in front of the screen demonstrating how he hits the snare drum?

[@hearmeright607]

Damn only 50k$ more than the Titan submarine. You can now explode in the air instead of imploding below the sea! 😂

[@rick96666]

Traffic will be an issue once many flying cars around. How do you control the flow?? . Accident could easily happen.

[@foreleftyall]

holds 1-2 people. not to hate but we don’t need more autos on the road or in the air. we don’t seem to be “getting” it, do we?

[@doggypi1532]

It's interesting ~ I can't drive but still~ I wonder how it does when there's a strong wind ~

[@goldenorchids4112]

Does it run on gasoline? How many people can ride? Where do you charge it?

[@ABW941]

Since it can only lift 200lb, or some 100kg it would be able to carry two small women, 3-4 children, one man and one child/ large dog, 8-10 cats or 1/2 American.

[@JohnSmith-pl4sf]

**Doc and marty travel to 2015 realistically** Marty: no flying cars doc!! I thought my future self was going to own a flying car **Doc and marty travel to 2023** Doc: there are here marty but only the upper middle class and the high class can afford them, so if you want a flying car you'd have to be rich Marty: oh look there's biff!! Rich biff from the future: hahahah hello dorks!!!, **Rich biff drives off into the sunset sky with his 300k flying car** At least flying cars now exist but we were 8 years too late after doc and marty traveled to 2015 when they were suppose to see flying cars, definitely a let down for back to the future fans,

[@TheRibFeast]

Love it.

[@AceyHeidi-qw1jt]

Very amazing orsum flying car tho, fuk i hope im still alive to get to see any of these excellent flying cars go past 😮😊

[@13skills65]

Imagine if somebody just runs into this car, $300k worth of pieces will splatter on the ground. Heck, you'll be safer in the air than on the ground, this car does NOT look all that sturdy at all.

[@chadpatrick6297]

I’ll volunteer to test it whenever they are ready!

[@ThatGuy-hb1my]

It flies..... Somehow someone in West Virginia will put a lift kit on it..... And still manage to hit a deer.

[@yumenokoyume]

Why does the FAA gave the green light for this without an actual prototype demonstration

[@15771]

I’d wait till 2035, to pay the 35k for that model with up to four seats. Price will drop from 300k to 3k in less than nine years.

[@EricDavidTippett]

Great, let's see the test results

[@Kltpzyxm17]

Whose going to pay 300,000$, and then go get stuck in traffic?

[@gatsbymovingrubber]

Flying cars are nice hut theres so many hazards to think about. I think it should be mainly used to just get out of traffic and once out of traffic it should be back on the ground. Also limit its ability on how high could go so if you do fall it wont be too bad.

[@Frieza96]

I mean they will have to have safety, like planes, with parachute in case of a mid-air crash and and stuff, and if it will be safety, it will save a lot of energy

[@PeZYBeats]

Do the crash dummy thingy where they show traffic collision simulation!!! I rock with the FAA but a car is not real unless it wins a J.D Power & Associates award for something. So yeah... It's not worth $300,000 yet.

[@RCmies]

I wonder why they havent shown footage of it flying if theyve been testing it since 2019

[@Natan150full]

There are a few flaws in this project, and even in the concept itself. The biggest issue is the use of electrical energy. Today's batteries are too heavy, and considering the design of this car, the only place where they can and should be installed is the driver's cabin, in its lower part. There isn't much space there, so the range will be very limited, not to mention the speed. Crash test - I don't know how this car would pass crash tests since, due to its lightweight construction, very expensive materials would be required to meet the standards in case of a ground accident. Demand - Currently, I don't see any demand for such cars due to their significant drawbacks. It's not profitable to produce them for the average citizen, which effectively nullifies the argument about relieving ground traffic. Today, flying trucks would be much more useful than flying cars.

[@samaxel_19]

Can I install a roof racks and tow bar? So next time I’m going to BPW I can just land on the top and ride 3:10 straight down 💪💪😂

[@percybriscoe9886]

At least won't have to replace any tyres. Instead of road tax, may be charged aviation tax. Also no traffic lights up there.

[@Acervorochagames]

Now I want one.

[@jameswright4999]

Everyone with comments on how not to do it need to come together and do it

[@atomicboy8972]

I see the moller skycar is back: After forty years and $100,000,000 in expenditure the Skycar demonstrated tethered hovering capability in 2003.

[@yuknasty9199]

Payload of 200 lbs including including passenger?…… guess I’ll never get to fly in one.

[@MW2duty]

Governments will outlaw taking off/landing in traffic. we got people in this world that cannot drive on a road, you want them to get into a flying car? Though cool as well as nice design I really hope to see flying cars in my lifetime.

[@TotallyEmper]

the youtube kids who comment "we will have flying cars in 20XX!!" will go extinct when this releases

[@thomastessier4529]

$300,000. The first microwaves were $2,000 and are now a dime a dozen.

[@muftiabdullahshah2574]

Wow amazing video very nice video

[@TheBestNameEverMade]

I wonder how this will perform in crash tests? Might do well or might not pass depending on how strong that chamber is.

[@dreddmann9292]

it depends on weather or not it really exist. so far there is no real footage of the actual thing. everything presented is a bunch of CGI. I like cartoons just like anyone else but when it comes to some real things being claimed to be real, I need to see the real thing.

[@kenswireart88]

You mean u can get vertified to gly when theres no actual vehicle prototype.

[@adrianblade5145]

"costs only $300k" is making it sound like most could afford it lol

[@burbercat3558]

I wonder how it performs on a windy day.

[@sabaahatali]

Wow..imagine car crashes in air