It will allegedly fly almost 300 miles on a single charge and fit in a single garage space. engineering
With that high-end future market in mind, Urban eVTOL is developing a sleek-looking flying car that it claims will reach top speeds of 250-mph and have a range close to 300 miles , aThe flying car, called the LEO Coupe, is being developed by vertical propulsion systems specialist Pete Bitar and supercar designer Carlos Salaff, who is known for the Mazda Furai concept amongst other designs.
Though the LEO's small wings might mean the aircraft needs to maintain high speeds to remain airborne, the design allows it to take up much less space once on the ground — one of the main advantages cited by many flying taxi firms, including Kelekona with its . Impressively, Urban eVTOL says the LEO will only occupy one car space in a garage, meaning owners could stow it away at home.66-kWh battery system, split up into several units for redundancy and reserve purposes, allowing it to fly for approximately an hour and 15 minutes, with an extra five minutes of takeoff and landing using reserve power. The rear units will be swappable on the ground for a quick turnaround.
Urban eVTOL aims to build a prototype for its LEO Coupe and to start flight tests in 2022, and the company is looking for investment to allow it to move to the following stage of developing full-scale prototypes. Thoughof testing is still needed before anyone could get their hands on this flying speedster, Bitar claimed that the firm believes it can get the price down to below $290,000.
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