Terrafugia’s Transition flying car flies and drives for the first time in public
By Graham Templeton on August 2, 2013 at 9:59 am
Though there’s no word on the size of the tank, a single fill-up can take you an impressive distance — with a cruising air speed of 107 miles per hour, it can travel almost 500 miles before having to set down to refuel. On the road it can reach a surprisingly speedy 70 miles per hour, though its range in unknown. It’s presumably much less efficient while earthbound, and Terrafugia itself says that it foresees the Transition spending no more than 15% of its time in that mode.
It’s worth noting that the Transition can also run on avgas, a leaded aircraft fuel that has a significantly greater environmental impact than conventional automobile gasoline. I wonder about the Transition’s ability to pass current automobile emissions standards in general actually, though if it eliminates time spend idling in traffic that could easily be offset in the long run.