Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Millionwww.zmescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down136
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkThe World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Millionwww.zmescience.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 day agoI feel like “mass-produced” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Also, insurance is going to be insane.
minus-squarewhereisk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoAlso “car” - can my local mechanic service it and give it a flying certificate? If not, it’s not a car. More like a barely road-worthy airplane.
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoYou don’t get insurance on these
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 hours agoYou’re right; I forget insurance is for the poor.
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoHow much can a replacement plane car plane even cost?? 1 million dollars? Better just buy 2 and keep one spare.
I feel like “mass-produced” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Also, insurance is going to be insane.
Also “car” - can my local mechanic service it and give it a flying certificate? If not, it’s not a car.
More like a barely road-worthy airplane.
You don’t get insurance on these
You’re right; I forget insurance is for the poor.
How much can a replacement plane car plane even cost?? 1 million dollars? Better just buy 2 and keep one spare.