# Dutch Flying Car Approved for Sale - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2111800284347535753 - Source account: [@maanvis81](https://x.com/maanvis81) - Source language: Dutch - Target language: English - Duration: 2:48 - Published: 2026-10-18 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/nl/nederlandse-vliegende-auto-klaar-voor-verkoop.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale) So, this is what the vehicle looks like as a car. You can just see the Dutch license plate here. [0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=4) And now we're going to unfold the vehicle. We'll start with the tail. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=8) Then we unfold the rotor system from the blades. [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=11) Then the total wingspan becomes eleven meters. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=14) Then we raise it up a bit, unfold the rear propeller, and just like that, in three minutes, the car suddenly becomes a small plane. [0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=22) So we're ready to go. [0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=27) After nearly 20 years, the flying car is finished. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=30) It meets all the strict regulations, and the important permit to sell the thing has also come through. [0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=36) Now the time has come. How happy are you? [0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=39) Well, the whole team has been working toward this. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=41) But when it finally comes through, and it's a very official document with a stamp and a signature, well, we framed it, and then we... drank champagne. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=49) Because the Dutch company is the very first in the world to have succeeded. Other places around the world are also experimenting a lot with flying cars, like this one from Japan or this one from the United States. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=61) But just because you can drive and fly, that doesn't mean you're safe enough to be allowed on the road, or that you have all those approvals. [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=68) (Not translated) hebt. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=70) So those companies you see, are where we were in 2012. So they're fourteen, fifteen years behind us. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=77) So when you're driving, you just use the steering wheel. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=79) And when you start flying, you no longer need your steering wheel, but you use the steering buttons here, and this is your throttle. [1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=85) Yes, honestly, guys, it is special to sit in it, but would I want one If I wanted one, I'd have to save up a lot, because such a flying car costs a half a million euros. Well, suppose I had that much money, I still wouldn't be there yet, because you also need a driver's license and a [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=99) pilot's license, and only then are you really allowed to start using it. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=103) Of course, you can't take off or land from the highway. [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=106) For that, you go to one of the 20 small airfields in the Netherlands. [1:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=109) But if you're with the fire service, for example, you have a special exemption and are allowed to do that. [1:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=114) So it's mainly useful for emergency services. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=116) Definitely. You can see it here in those beautiful fire service colors. [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=120) They've reserved one, and this one is reserved for Abu Dhabi, where they very quickly need to be able to help someone if there's a problem in the desert. [2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=128) The vehicle is especially useful for quickly reaching hard-to-reach or remote locations. Once in the air, the car can fly around 400 to 500 kilometers. [2:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=140) By now, around 200 customers have ordered the thing, though they'll still have to wait a while before they can actually drive or fly out of this factory of course. [2:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/F2tf5htpZWhT/en/dutch-flying-car-approved-for-sale?t=149) So sometime in 2028. That's when the first keys will be handed over to our first customer. And they're all Dutch customers.