Tag: AirCar
AirCar tech sold to Chinese firm, 8 million UK jobs ‘to be lost to AI’
Image: Kleinvision The tech behind a flying car, originally developed and successfully test-flown in Europe, has been bought by a Chinese firm. Powered by a BMW engine and normal fuel, the AirCar flew for 35 minutes between two Slovakian airports in 2021, using runways for take-off and landing. It took just…
Tech Digest daily round up: AirCar completes 35 minute flight
A prototype flying car has completed a 35-minute flight between international airports in Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia. The hybrid car-aircraft, AirCar, is equipped with a BMW engine and runs on regular petrol-pump fuel. Its creator, Prof Stefan Klein, said it could fly about 1,000km (600 miles), at a height of 8,200ft (2,500m), and had clocked…
AirCar completes flight tests
AirCar, a fifth-generation flying car designed by Professor Stefan Klein, has completed two flights at Piestany airport in Slovakia this week. The model safely achieved two full airport patterns, including two takeoffs and landings. Capable of transforming from road vehicle into air vehicle in less than 3-minutes, AirCar is designed for leisure and self-driving journeys,…