Terrafugia
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Terrafugia, the flying car startup company with backing from China's Geely, has begun taking orders for its first flying car. Automotive News Europe (subscription required) reported Tuesday that deliveries of the flying car are expected to begin in 2019. The vehicle, called the Transition, will only be sold in the U.S. at a starting price of $279,000. The company has been taking $10,000 deposits for reservations for the vehicle since July. Terrafugia claims the Transition will be able to switch from driving to flying mode in less than a minute and will fly at speeds up to 100 mph. When in the...
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Terrafugia reveals new details on Transition flying car due in 2019America's Terrafugia has provided a few new details on its Transition flying car slated to enter production in 2019. Terrafugia was formed in 2006 by a group of engineers at MIT and was acquired late last year by China's Geely, the parent company of automakers Volvo and Lotus. Terrafugia's goal is...
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Terrafugia sold to Geely, promises flying car by 2019
Zhejiang Geely, the Chinese holding company that controls the Volvo, Lynk & Co., Geely and Lotus brands, announced on Monday plans to fully acquire American flying car startup Terrafugia. Terrafugia, based in Boston, Massachusetts, became one of the first firms in the flying car space when it...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
New Terrafugia Animation Keeps Flying Car Dream Alive: Video
Flying car company Terrafugia hasn't yet delivered a single example of its first effort, called the Transition, to customers. Of course, that hasn't stopped it from releasing a new animation of its next product, the TF-X. Please bear with us here. As always, the promises made in the promo are...
John Coyle -
Terrafugia Transition Takes To The Skies At EAA AirVenture 2013
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... no wait, it looks like it's just a plane. It's the Terrafugia Transition to be more precise, and the so-called flying car took to the air at the EAA AirVenture show in Wisconsin recently. This is the first time the Transition has been flown in front of the...
Jeff Glucker -
Terrafugia Already Planning Second Flying Car: Video
Roads? Where Terrafugia wants you to go, you don- ... Okay, you still need roads, but you can also make use of all of that blue sky right above your head. Terrafugia is a Massachusetts-based company that wants to put a flying car in your garage. The auto/plane-maker's first model is called the...
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With one more milestone in the books, flying car builder Terrafugia is another step closer to launching its Transition model, as shown at April's New York Auto Show. The Terrafugia Transition has just completed the first of six flight test trials, required before the Federal Aviation Administration will certify the craft and allow customer deliveries. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the initial flight test rated the craft’s handling (both with and without engine power), its flight stability, engine cooling functionality and optimum propeller settings for various conditions...
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Terrafugia Transition Flying Car Makes Its Auto Show Debut In New York
Terrafugia will show its Transition "roadable aircraft" at April's New York Auto Show.
Kurt Ernst -
Terrafugia's Flying Car Closer To Reality With DOT Approval
It's the dream of every motorist stuck in an endless queue of traffic: Press a few buttons and quickly soar above all the other poor souls wasting their lives away at a standstill. There's probably a little more to flying cars than that, but the concept of a usable car and aircraft hybrid has taken...
Antony Ingram -
Terrafugia Transition takes its maiden flight
Flying cars have been one of the primary disappointments of the 21st century's expected innovations. The fact remains that nothing approaching what so many enthusiasts had hoped - and been promised - is yet available. We do not fly to work in stylish car-jets, and we do not drive to the shops with...
Kenneth Hall -
Terrafugia Transition flying car taking pre-orders
Flying cars have been one of the primary disappointments of the 21st century's expected innovations. The fact remains that nothing approaching what so many enthusiasts had hoped - and been promised - is yet available. We do not fly to work in stylish car-jets, and we do not drive to the shops with...
Ralph Hanson -
New company Terrafugia promises Transition flying car
Nobody enjoys traffic. And if you live in a city like Los Angeles, traffic quickly starts to play a dominant role in your life. Such a reality has left me envious of George Jetson and his aerocar. Or Kobe Bryant and his daily commute to practice in a helicopter. I would love to fly over the...
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