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Alef welcomes Tesla to the electric flying car race by flying over the Roadster [Video]

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Alef welcomes Tesla to the electric flying car race by flying over the Roadster [Video]

Until the Tesla Roadster, “there was only one car in the flying car market,” Alef said. To welcome Tesla to the race, Alef released a video of its flying car flying over the new Roadster.

Does it drive like a car, or fly like a plane? Alef’s flying car can do both. After a video of its electric flying car went viral last year as it jumped over a Tesla Cybertruck, Alef Aeronautics is at it again.

Alef released a new video of its flying car on Thursday flying over a Tesla Roadster to “welcome it to the flying car race.”

The California-based startup threw a slight jab, saying that the “Tesla Roadster today became the second flying car in history, following Alef.”

Alef just completed its 1,000th logged flight, which happened to be a Tesla Roadster. The Tesla Roadster and Alef’s flying car share several things. Both use electric powertrains, are all-wheel drive, and share the same early investor: Tim Draper.

How do they differ? Alef uses distributed electric propulsion (DEP), while Tesla’s Roadster is expected to use thrusters.

Alef’s flying car has a wing-forming body, a rotating cabin, and uses air rather than stored compressed gas for liftoff. According to Alef, its vehicle is lighter, allowing for a “full-vehicle ballistic parachute.”

A flying car is not the same as an eVTOL (electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing) vehicle. The main difference is that it can drive, park, and be used like any other car.


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