Alef Aeronautics offers its own eVTOL A flying car, a concept flying car that would have a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles.
The design has a car-like exterior, and does not have any exposed propellers for added safety and to drown the loud whirring sounds and also save space. The Alef flying car is all-electric and anchor key components such as Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) – which helps the airflow be evenly distributed – triple to octuple redundancy of all key components, real-time and pre-flight diagnostics to always keep the drivers informed of their drive or flight, glide landing, and even a full-vehicle parachute in case of emergencies.
Alef Aeronautics shares in the release that the 300,000 USD (2025) Alef flying car would be developed using the latest hardware and software technology and end up being lightweight packs with long-lasting components, software simulators and analysis, and rigorous flight testing. The team is planning to begin production and deliver the first batch in 2025.
Alef Aeronautics’ drivable flying car takes its maiden flight in a city field. On February 19th, 2025, its test model takes off, even flying over another vehicle. In a LinkedIn post, Alef Aeronautics CEO Jim Dukhovny writes that the video showcasing the flight is ‘the first documented, verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered).’
The vehicle comes with a gimbaled cabin design to keep it stable as it moves through the air as well as an elevon system to control the vertical and horizontal movement of the Alef Aeronautics flying car and its tilting.
Presently, the Alef Aeronautics flying car is the first vehicle with vertical takeoff to receive FAA permission to fly in the US (FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate).
While the Alef Model A is the commercial version, the test model is the Alef Model Zero. It is solely used for research and development in the hopes of becoming the actual Alef Model A.
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