Flying Car 'Terrafugia TF-X' Could Be Every Engineer's Personal Transport
As engineers we value our time and being stuck is something we inherently dislike. Speaking of being stuck, traffic jams are the biggest head-ache. And so, it looks like engineers over at Terrafugia are busy working on every engineer's dream - flying a car to work. Yeah, Terrafugia TF-X is the latest development from the US based scientists to make a four-seater flying car a reality. Terrafugia Inc, the company based in Woburn, MA founded by pilot-engineers from MIT is best known for developing the street-legal airplane called 'Transition'. It is interesting to note that the company name stands for "escape the earth" in Latin. Capable of vertical take-off and landing, the new TF-X car should be able to complete the flight all on its own. And if everything happens as decide, we can see this car running within the next decade. Wow.
Banking on the green-factor, the Terrafugia TF-X will be a plug-in hybrid electric flying car that would incorporate safer and simpler state-of-the-art intelligent systems as well as fly-by-wire controls. It just goes out to say that - this is definitely the next step in personal aviation. Looking at the challenges in transportation that the world faces currently, if all engineers take the widespread adoption of such hybrid vehicles personally, we will be contributing to the economic benefits significantly and save everyone's personal time.
Banking on the green-factor, the Terrafugia TF-X will be a plug-in hybrid electric flying car that would incorporate safer and simpler state-of-the-art intelligent systems as well as fly-by-wire controls. It just goes out to say that - this is definitely the next step in personal aviation. Looking at the challenges in transportation that the world faces currently, if all engineers take the widespread adoption of such hybrid vehicles personally, we will be contributing to the economic benefits significantly and save everyone's personal time.
The photos are indeed awe-inspring and if you're already thinking of beginning saving for the fine day when you can buy this car, we want to mention that you have enough time to do that. With Transition's price tag featuring an amount as high as $279,000, you can figure out how high the TF-X's price will soar. We dug out the PR to find what Terrafugia's CEO/CTO Carl Dietrich had to say. He says, "We are passionate about continuing to lead the creation of a flying car industry and are dedicating resources to lay the foundations for our vision of personal transportation."
So, meanwhile you can take a look at the video below for a minute full of animated demo of the next engineering marvel:
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