KleinVision's AirCar Demos Flying Car Feats with French Musician Riding Shotgun

From the road to the skies, KleinVision's AirCar can explore it all, as the recent demonstration of its technology shows a surreal feat for the vehicle, featuring the iconic French electronic musician riding shotgun.

The AirCar did what it was touted to do, showing off how it can use the roads and soar to new heights with the vehicle, one of the earliest to develop a real one.

Unlike other "flying cars" under development, KleinVision's technology does not rely much on rotors, and it is not a VTOL (vertical takeoff and liftoff) that resembles helicopters.

KleinVision's AirCar Demo: French Musician Rides Shotgun

A new video released by KleinVision shows off its AirCar's capabilities, with the company inviting France's Jean-Michael Jarre to ride shotgun and witness the flying car feat for himself. Here, Jarre was taken for the first-ever passenger ride of the AirCar, with the video showing off how the car propels itself and takes off from the ground, going on a journey on air.

The flight was short-lived, and it only hovered for a few minutes before it touched down and landed on the ground to complete the demonstration.

Despite this, it showed how the AirCar is capable of flying two fully-grown adult passengers at once, with significant possibilities for its future envisioned by the company.

KleinVision's Flying Car is the Real Deal

KleinVision's design of the AirCar centers on a massive rotor blade at the rear, and this helps the flying car get enough power to take off and sustain the airborne journey, much like a small airplane with its propeller at its nose.

Back in 2022, KleinVision was able to secure its flight certification, by the Slovak Transport Authority, now demonstrating its flight capabilities with passengers.

Flying Cars and VTOLs

The flying car of today's age is not what science fiction representations depicted, and this is because they still do not have the "hovercraft" technology, which focuses on a way to make a car levitate easily.

It centers on VTOLs, which are vehicles that have rotors around them that help propel the vehicle off the ground. They are touted to be a car but resemble more of a helicopter.

There are significant developments and prototypes revealed before that capture more of a flying car, and a company called Alef previously unveiled its Model A which can both go for land or air travel.

However, it was still a prototype, and it is a VTOL that was also designed to be drivable on surface roads, designed to replicate the looks of modern cars.

To date, flying cars are only a dream, as there is still a lot of technology to develop to replicate what media representations bring to the world, especially with the present automobile industry.

However, KleinVision is proving this to be true, with its AirCar offering a drivable vehicle that can also fly, featuring massive wings on either side to help while airborne and a motor that can help it take off the ground.