At least, that's its target.
they're close. One of them, a Japanese startup called SkyDrive, unveiled its small, all-electric flying car at CES 2022 in Las Vegas earlier this month. And while it isn't ready for production, Mark Blackwell, the company's R&D strategy senior manager, told Interesting Engineering that his firm is just a couple of years away from seeking final regulatory approval.There's a reason flying cars have been so elusive — they present a tremendous safety challenge.
MB: Well, it's certainly novel in the sense that the technology has never been applied to a flying vehicle of this size. Of course, the drone industry is very mature and developed, but they can’t fly beyond the visual line of sight. I would agree our vehicle is novel. Then we've got guys in the drone industry who very much have a build-test-fly-learn type of attitude, which is great for getting things working fast. But to get things to certification, that process sometimes isn't the most optimum. Balancing all those different approaches is for sure one of the biggest challenges, but it's also a strength because we get different perspectives on problems and different ways of doing things.
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