“This is the first publicly released video of a car driving and taking off vertically,” declared company CEO Jim Dukhovny in a recent press release. He compared the automotive milestone to the Wright Brothers’ revolutionary Kitty Hawk video from 1903, Electrek reported.

A startup company in the US, Alef Aeronautics has tested what it claims to be the world’s first flying var.The company shared a video showing its Model Zero prototype taking off and flying over a parked car on a public road in California.

Alef Aeronautics’ electric flying car successfully completed a test flight in California. The $300,000 vehicle, capable of road and air travel, has secured 3,300 pre-orders. The commercial launch is planned soon.

A brief test flight video from NBC News shows the Alef Aeronautics car lift up and fly over an SUV in a remote field somewhere in Silicon Valley. NBC says they didn’t get to see the driver enter or exit the vehicle, and they had to film from 50 yards away.

An aeronautical company in the US has released footage showing a pre-production version of a flying car. The CEO of the company 'Alef Aeronautics' told the BBC's senior technology reporter Chris Vallance,