Traffic jams all around the big cities, crowded streets in the neighborhoods and slow rides durin rush hour (this even like a paradox) – all these happen because we still are the prisoners of a bidimensional driving environment. But what if our cars could fly?
Terrafugia has created the Transition which is a two-seat aircraft and automobile designed to meet safety standards by both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
hello, everyone. thank you for joining us. sadly, the people of tulsa, oklaho oklahoma, are spending the holiday weekend in fear of a man driving around and gunning down innocent people. since friday morning, five people were shot, left laying on the ground, bleeding. three of them died. two others are in the hospital. they should be okay. the tulsa mayor said police haven t found a common link between the shootings. within the last hour, police told reporters how bad it is. this is something we have never seen in tulsa, oklahoma, at least since i have been a police officer, and that s 40 years. ashley is a reporter for our affiliate. thank you for joining us. the chief was adamant about finding out who this guy is, the reforces in place. there s a new task force. yes, that s right. there s a task force called operation random shooter. he said there s going oo be 30 people working around the clock to find out who gunned down these people. its wr going to involve the u.s
roadway clearance was a pretty big step in this, correct? this is something you needed to overcome to take this, i guess, to the closest we ve ever gotten to the possibility that we could be in flying vehicles as cars? well, that s correct. terrafugia s transition is really the first practical step in the direction of sort of our science fiction dream of a flying car. but this is the reality. this is what we can do today with the existing regulatory infrastructure and the existing technology of the day. all right. let s run down some of the details about transition so that our viewers can know exactly what s going on with the process here. so it s already cleared by the national highway traffic safety administration. the expected price per unit is based roughly around $250,000. a $10,000 reservation deposit will be needed. then to fully operate you re going to need both a pilot license and a driver s license. then it s going to get 35 miles per gallon on the road? is that correct?