SLOVAKIAN flying car company Aeromobil will demonstrate its third
model flying car at the Top Marques Monaco — the world’s most exclusive supercar
show — tonight.
First launched at the Vienna Pioneers Festival in October 2014, the
new model of AeroMobil features hundreds of improvements, both in design and in
engineering, compared to the prototype unveiled two-and-half years ago in
Vienna, Austria, and also reported on in Wheels.
The team behind the newest AeroMobil, led by Juraj Vaculik, CEO,
and Douglas MacAndrew, CTO, built the vehicle in compliance with the existing
regulatory frameworks for both cars and airplanes, and are looking forward to
demonstrating it to the first potential customers and future investors in
Monaco.
AeroMobil is completely integrated aircraft as well as a fully
functioning four-wheeled car, powered by hybrid propulsion.
By combining aero and car functionality in perfect harmony, it
heralds a new era in efficient and exciting travel, offering users an
unparalleled choice of transport on the road or in the air. AeroMobil aims to
make personal transportation vastly more efficient and environmentally friendly
by allowing significantly faster door-to-door travel for medium distance trips
and in areas with limited or missing road infrastructure.
The price tag is rumoured to be in the “several hundred thousand
Euro” range, and drivers will also have to have at least a private pilot’s
licence. This will put the AeroMobil beyond the range of even mining magnate
Patrice Motsepe, South Africa’s first black billionaire, but all the pilots Wheels spoke to agreed that South
Africa’s weather and long distances make ours an ideal country for a flying
car.
