Flying Car to Begin Testing at California Airports

Alef Aeronautics says two airports have agreed to host testing of its prototype Model Zero.

Jack Daleo

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 04:53 PM ET

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Alef’s Model Zero flying car arrives at Half Moon Bay Airport (KHAF) for flight testing. [Courtesy: Alef Aeronautics]

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Alef Aeronautics is set to begin flight testing its unique Model A "flying car" – a roadable electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle – at two California airports.
The Model A distinguishes itself by being able to drive on roads and perform vertical takeoffs directly from streets, then rotating 90 degrees in the air for biplane flight.
Having already received experimental airworthiness certification and garnered over 3,300 preorders for the $300,000 vehicle, Alef is optimistic that new FAA rules (MOSAIC) will streamline its certification as a light sport aircraft.

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A true flying car in the Jetsonian sense of the term—one capable of driving alongside other cars or lifting off directly from the road to fly over traffic jams—is set to begin testing at two California airports.

Alef Aeronautics, developer of the roadable, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Model A, on Tuesday said it signed flight testing agreements with Half Moon Bay (KHAF) and Hollister Municipal (KCVH) airports. The company in 2023 received an experimental category special airworthiness certification that allowed it to take its prototype Model Zero out for drive-and-fly testing on the streets of California.