Ultra modern FLYING race car with jet-powered engine that can tear through sky at 225mph is unveiled for £215,000
COR FLY-ME Ultra modern FLYING race car with jet-powered engine that can tear through sky at 225mph is unveiled for £215,000
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AN ultra-modern flying racecar has been unvelived - put it will set back punters a staggering £215,000.
The Axion is a jet-powered, single-passenger VTOL aircraft can clock blistering speeds up to 225mph.
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A £215k flying racecar has been launched by FusionFlight, a Texas-based startup
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Its flight time is 15 minutes on a full tank
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FusionFlight, a Texas-based startup, say the hatchback car-sized vehicle uses eight micro jet engines to power along.
Its flight time is 15 minutes on a full tank, and as it is fueled by diesel or kerosene, it can be refueled in minutes, avoiding the long charging times of electric aircraft.
The design allows for rapid reconfiguration, make it adaptable to serve as a flying racecar, air ambulance, or cargo drone, all from the same platform.
Pilots can fly manually using joysticks or select a destination on a touchscreen for autonomous operation.
FusionFlight say safety is enhanced by the paired engine layout, which if one fails, the others keep the craft airborne.
The Axion is built to order, with a price tag of £215k and test flights are scheduled to begin by the end of the year.
Alex Taits, CEO of FusionFlight, said: "Sale of production models is schedules for end of 2026.
"However, people can order experimental models 'beta versions' on-demand starting at the end of 2025."
This comes after the prototype for the AirCar was revealed, two years after an early version featured on Amazon's The Grand Tour.
Watching the hi-tech motor take off and land during the Eurocrash episode, stunned host Jeremy Clarkson said: "Very rarely am I lost for words, but I'm lost for words."
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Now AirCar has revealed what the production vehicle will look likely after debuting a more road-ready prototype.
"The AirCar fulfils a lifelong dream to bring the freedom of flight into the hands of everyday people," said AirCar boss Stefan Klein, of KleinVision.
"With the launch of our production prototype, we are one step closer to transforming how the world moves.
"Merging the road and the sky into a new dimension of personal mobility."
Test versions of the flying car have already clocked up more than 170 flight hours.
They've been spread across an impressive 500 take-offs and landings.
AirCar boasts that its flying vehicle can turn from a car to an aircraft "in less than two minutes".
During the Grand Tour episode, Clarkson noted that the car was capable of 120mph flight at an altitude of 8,000 feet.
And AirCar now says that its motor has been upgraded with a new 280-horsepower engine.
"We're not just witnessing the future of transportation — we're engineering it," said AirCar co-founder Anton Zajac.
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