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DeLorean Takes A Ride On Tesla’s “Flying Car” Coattails

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DeLorean Takes A Ride On Tesla’s “Flying Car” Coattails

As expected, Tesla CEO Elon Musk wowed the automotive press with last night’s unveiling of the long-awaited Roadster EV, to be produced in multiple editions including one that can go airborne for a brief period. As for electric “flying cars” in a practical sense, that comes under the heading of eVOTL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft, and the DeLorean Motor Company is among the startups with one of those up its sleeve.

Cemented forever in American cultural history through the film “Back to the Future,” the gull-winged 1981 DeLorean MC-12 stole the show but failed to crack a profit for its maker. The DeLorean name fell into the dustbin of automotive history the very next year, though not for long. In 2022 the automaker resurfaced — in name only, though — teasing a new EV, the Alpha5, with a range of more than 300 miles and top speeds clocking in at 155 mph.

“Taking design cues from the past to inspire the future, the new EV visibly showcases its iconic DNA,” DeLorean Motor Company enthused in a press statement in May of 2022.

DMC chief marketing officer Troy Beetz also chipped in his two cents. “There was this enormous responsibility to make sure we honored the history of the DeLorean brand, but an even greater responsibility in curating its future,” Beetz stated (see more DMC background here).

While all this was going on, Paul DeLorean (nephew of original DMC founder John), launched the startup Delorean Aerospace in 2017 with an eye on sending its showcase eVTOL, the DR-7 “flying car,” into the air.


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