Jetson One Electric Flying Car Can Glide 102 Km/Hour

JETSON Aero claims to have built the first commercially available personal electric air vehicle. The Swedish company hopes that in the futu...

JETSON Aero claims to have built the first commercially available personal electric air vehicle. The Swedish company hopes that in the future, the vehicle it designed will be able to replace traditional cars as a means of transportation.

Jetson One is a flying car for one person that performs vertical take-off and landing. The vehicle has four horizontally mounted propellers, one in each corner of the vehicle much like drones.

According to Jetson Aero, the company that manufactures it, it only takes five minutes to learn how to fly it.

Jetson Aero Founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Tomasz Patan explained that the vehicle's flight control system is a fly-by-wire system which means it uses a computer to process flight control input.

This single-seater flying car is powered by eight electric scooters, made of aluminum and carbon fiber, sells for $92,000 and can reach a top speed of 102 km/hour or 63 mph with a flight time of 20 minutes.

The eVTOL company from Sweden has also received pre-orders of more than 3,000 units since the official launch of Jetson One in October 2022.

Jetson One is a single-seater eVTOL  (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) vehicle. It weighs just 86 kg, thanks to a lightweight, racing-inspired aluminum space frame and carbon-kevlar body.

Jetson Aero Founder and President, Peter Ternstrom, said the vehicle has a lot of interest and so far they have sold about 150 units by 2022, of which about 80 percent of customers are in the United States.

"There's really no turbulence flying it, so it's very, very stable. Even when you're flying straight, it's stable and it feels like you're on a flying magic carpet," he said.

For now, battery technology is holding back the development of the Jetson One. But the company estimates that, with advances in battery technology, these vehicles could fly longer in the coming years.

Ternstrom says his company's main goal is to revolutionize the world of transportation by making "everyone a pilot". However, he admits there will be many obstacles in making it happen.

"It's going to need to change the legal framework for transportation to make this happen. So this is just a very, very, very small first step. Right now, we just want to make these vehicle owners have fun. Practical things will come later, maybe for products  Future Jetsons, those that have more range or those that have passenger space," he said.

For now, for anyone who has the chance to fly a Jetson One, Ternstrom's advice is to fly low for the best experience.