Flying Cars Are Real—And They’re Not Bad for the Climate
They might even be greener than electric ones.
by Robinson Meyer
May 17, 2019
3 minutes
It has a sleek black pill of a body, with two rigid, white arms sprouting from its sides. It looks, in other words, like an iPad had a baby with a crop duster, or like a Volkswagen Bug from a future designed by Bjork. In the video, it sits on a small, square tarmac, surrounded by grass, then begins to purr and buzz. In a nearby hangar, a group of attractive young Germans stands and watches intently.
And then, slowly, the vibrating thing rises from the ground. Several feet of air open between its body and
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