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Jim Dukhovny makes his company’s flying car sound really simple, laying out exactly how it goes full “Back to the Future” mode during an interview on “TMZ Live” … but, interested parties are going to have to throw down serious cash to get one.
The founder of Alef Aeronautics — a tech company making a flying car — stopped by the show to talk about the startup’s new invention … and, he says the car has a pretty simple design despite doing something groundbreaking.
Dukhovny says all ya gotta do is take the engine out of the hood and put four smaller ones by the wheels … and, then put in a bunch of fancy tech like a motor, propellers, speed controller, and a whole lot more.
From there, it’s about putting the right kind of mesh on the vehicle to allow the wind to pass through … before adding a special material of the side to basically make wings — all contributing to getting those wheels up in the air.
Jim says the car has three modes … regular car, hovercraft mode — where the car goes into the air but doesn’t go much further — and, it has the biplane mode where it flies forward.
As for brass tacks … it sounds like this car won’t be in many people’s price ranges — but, it could be in the not so distant future. Watch the clip until the end to hear all about how much it’s gonna set people back.
Bottom line … “The Jetsons” were flying around in 2062 on the show — but, it sounds like Alef’s cars are coming much sooner than that!
