A flying car in bad weather or at night is going to be a challenge. Icing is very dangerous. Drivers now can barely clean their windows before departing.
Flying cars are big and need several parking spots to squeeze in. It’ll be a challenge to find enough room nearby or to make it affordable. I doubt suburbs will turn into fly-in community quickly.
I bet you that because flying cars are likely going to be a rich only thing that cities will quickly create new infrastructure to help flying cars become marketable.
"The secret appears to be the ducted thrusters along the sides and rear of the Epiphany Transporter, which researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center found in 2002"
"We have every reason to believe in the ability of our proprietary, field-proven ducted thrusters, and leading-edge vehicle design, to perform in flight as expected," Moshier, who is also the CEO and lead designer for the company, said.
People would be backing into treetops and crashing down through people’s roofs. Chaos. If we think we have a complex air traffic control situation now, multiply that by 10,000.
Agreed. Flying cars will never not be stupid/dangerous. Even if they’re piloted by a magical perfect AI, many owners will abuse the vehicles and skip maintenance until they fall out of the sky. Cars are dangerous but at least they don’t randomly fall on your house (usually).
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