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Flying cars take off in China as state backs low-altitude air travel
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this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2025
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Yeah, I get all that. Link is still messed up. There certainly are functional prototypes of quad-copter “cars” that are all electrical in nature and that’s what I’d expect here too. Throw some wheels on one of those with a “road” speed of say 30-35 for the residential runaround tasks and the drive to an approved take off and landing zone (think flying above freeways only) and something like this becomes more feasible. The idea that we’re going to all be driving 4500 lb+++ “cars” is truly laughable.
The closest thing that I’d say exists today as a “flying car” is a Cessna 172 weighing in around 2500 lbs.