@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 days agoThe World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Millionwww.zmescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down10
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkThe World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Millionwww.zmescience.com@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarewilllinkfedilinkEnglish38•8 days agoThere might be a lot more millionaires than before, but it’d still be a much smaller number who could drop $1M on a flying car.
minus-square@tonyn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish7•8 days agoIt’s cheaper than a private jet and there are LOADS of them buzzing around polluting the skies.
minus-square@jqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•8 days agoWay more expensive than most private aircraft, though.
minus-square@TheLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 days agoThat may be true, but private jets are significantly more practical than this. If you’ve got private jet money, you can just afford to buy a jet and a decent car at your destination.
minus-squareEager EaglelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 days agoWith the range of a cessna skyhawk ($400k-$500k aircraft), no way it’ll replace a private jet.
There might be a lot more millionaires than before, but it’d still be a much smaller number who could drop $1M on a flying car.
It’s cheaper than a private jet and there are LOADS of them buzzing around polluting the skies.
Way more expensive than most private aircraft, though.
That may be true, but private jets are significantly more practical than this. If you’ve got private jet money, you can just afford to buy a jet and a decent car at your destination.
With the range of a cessna skyhawk ($400k-$500k aircraft), no way it’ll replace a private jet.