If 2017 is remembered for anything in the aviation industry, it could very well be as the Year of the Flying Car. Now more than ever, tech companies and Silicon Valley billionaires are competing to make The Jetsons a reality, to the point that the race for commercial space flight and the race for Mars have become secondary stories.
100 Years of Flying Cars
Key Takeaways:
- 2017 marked a significant resurgence of interest in flying cars, with tech companies and major automakers heavily investing in and developing various air taxi and personal aerial vehicle concepts.
- Despite the current surge of interest, the concept of a flying car has a long and challenging history, with numerous prototypes over the past century that largely failed to achieve commercial success or widespread adoption.
- Modern iterations of flying cars, ranging from electric VTOLs for on-demand air taxis to recreational hovercraft, aim to overcome past hurdles and bring the long-envisioned future of personal air travel closer to reality.
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