Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Millionwww.zmescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down130
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkThe World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Millionwww.zmescience.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoI feel like “mass-produced” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Also, insurance is going to be insane.
minus-squarewhereisk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months 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-up2·3 months agoYou don’t get insurance on these
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYou’re right; I forget insurance is for the poor.
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.