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The Alef Flying Car will turn traffic into airspace

01 Sep 2025

A street-legal EV that doesn’t just sit in congestion, it lifts above it, swapping stop-start commutes for vertical take-off and a slightly surreal view of rush hour.

Remember when we all thought we’d have flying cars by the year 2000? Well, Alef finally caught up with our childhood daydreams and said, “Hold my futuristic beverage.” Their all-electric Model A looks like something Batman would casually drive to brunch in, but it actually flies. Vertically. Like the badass piece of machinery it is.

It handles the road like a real car, but when traffic rears its ugly head, it lifts off and zips over the chaos. No traffic and no honking; just you, the clouds, and possibly a seriously confused flock of pigeons. With one foot in the EV world and the other in full-blown sci-fi, this vehicle makes rush hour look like a thing of the past (if you’ve got the money to afford it).

Sure, it costs a fortune (AU$300,000 big ones to be exact), but can you really put a price on feeling like a superhero on your morning commute?

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