To steal a car is no longer a problem. At least it's not the most complicated. The U.S. company Terrafugia already has in its catalog a flying car , the Transition , with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2015, against a whopping $ 000,270. But this vehicle is intended for drivers capable of providing one takeoff and one landing in the same way an airplane . In other words, the Transition requires a runway.
What about the common man, without pilotage? This is the new challenge of the brand, which unveiled a concept that could answer this question: the TF-X . A road? Where you go with the TF-X, you will not need road.
A "autocoptavion"
Halfway between an autonomous car , one the helicopter and an airplane , the TF-X will be able to take off vertically through the lateral rotors powered by electricity . Once in the air, the rear rotors will draw on the engine to move in the air. The landing , the most critical of a plane in flight procedure will meanwhile provided by the onboard computer, on autopilot.
The idea is to automate as much maneuvering to allow "anyone" to drive. Terrafugia announced also that "learning to operate safely a TF-X should take an average driver not more than five hours " .
Remains the question of price. Terrafugia wants nothing to announce before approaching a minimum of production, but said they still consider a similar rate of investment luxury cars . We did not expect less, marketing is anyway not envisaged before 2020.
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