Flying Vehicle Introduced; Designed for a 2-Car Garage

A flying car company in Florida has introduced a new version of its flying car targeted for individual ownership. 

The electric aerial vehicle (EAV) from Doroni Aerospace in Florida is designed to fit in a two-car garage with standard charging capability.

The vehicle, Hummingbird 2024, would have a top speed of 120 mph and a 60-mile range or 45-minute flight time according to the company. Charging would take 25 minutes.

The space-age looking vehicle would operate via one joystick and include intelligent autonomous navigation and anti-collision sensors.

This is a new version of the EAV, with a fixed-wing configuration. Prototype testing has been underway for some time at Doroni headquarters.

Doroni is a seven-year-old startup in Pompano Beach, a beach town just north of Fort Lauderdale, last year received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Special Airworthiness Certification.

Doroni had been test flying its vehicle inside a large building, displayed in a previous video the company created. This company-created video is partially aimed at potential investors as well, a situation numerous flying vehicle companies are in at the moment.

Like others, this EAV has relatively simple controls.

“It's a simple joystick; just a joystick going forward, backwards, left, right, up and down,” CEO Doron Merdinger told IoT World Today. “Think about the three-dimensional elevator,” 

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The Doroni Hummingbird is among a number of flying vehicles coming. 

There also are so-called flying cars in development and testing.

For example, the high-performance Switchblade from Samson Sky, in development for 15 years, recently conducted a test flight. The vehicle has a top speed of 125 mph on the ground and can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph. It can take off at local airports with a landing distance of 700 feet.

LuftCar in Orlando, Florida, is developing a hydrogen-powered eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle. Essentially, the flying component, called a flying forklift by the company, would attach to the land vehicle and then be able to fly it.

LuftCar and eFrancisco Motor Corporation (eFMC) in the Philippines recently formed a strategic partnership to develop and deploy the LuftCar flying car system in the Philippines.