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.

And now we're going to unfold the vehicle. We'll start with the tail.

Then we unfold the rotor system from the blades.

Then the total wingspan becomes eleven meters.

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.

So we're ready to go.

After nearly 20 years, the flying car is finished.

It meets all the strict regulations, and the important permit to sell the thing has also come through.

Now the time has come. How happy are you?

Well, the whole team has been working toward this.

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.

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.

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.

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So those companies you see, are where we were in 2012. So they're fourteen, fifteen years behind us.

So when you're driving, you just use the steering wheel.

And when you start flying, you no longer need your steering wheel, but you use the steering buttons here, and this is your throttle.

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

pilot's license, and only then are you really allowed to start using it.

Of course, you can't take off or land from the highway.

For that, you go to one of the 20 small airfields in the Netherlands.

But if you're with the fire service, for example, you have a special exemption and are allowed to do that.

So it's mainly useful for emergency services.

Definitely. You can see it here in those beautiful fire service colors.

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.

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.

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.

So sometime in 2028. That's when the first keys will be handed over to our first customer. And they're all Dutch customers.