The First 'Sejati' Electric Flying Car Can Be Present By The End Of 2025

JAKARTA - The flying car that used to only exist in science fiction is now getting closer to reality, even expected to come later this year. Alef Aeronautics, a company based in San Mateo, California, is building a pre-production model from what they call the first true electric flying car'' to 100% use electric power. In fact, the company claims this flying car uses less energy than Tesla or other electric cars.

Alef has been developing flying cars for about a decade and is now ready to introduce them to the public. In October 2022, Alef introduced their first prototype named Model A which was able to cover a distance of up to 220 miles with a flight distance of about 110 miles. After opening an order in the same month, Model A managed to secure 440 reservations by the end of 2022. Now, the number of pre-orders has exceeded 3,400 units with a total value of about 1 billion US dollars.

The order comes from various circles, including business and individuals, and even a car dealer in California also ordered. Alef became the first company to successfully sell modern aircraft through car dealers with a pre-order system.

Flying Cars Are Here!

Back to the Future predicted them for 2015. It didn't happen. But now we're getting closer.

The dream of flying above traffic is becoming real.

Alef Aeronautics is making this happen with their Model A. pic.twitter.com/NeKgH4lREf

— Alex / AI Experiments (@byalexai) February 24, 2025

Flying Cars Are Here!

Back to the Future predicted them for 2015. It didn't happen. But now we're getting closer.

The dream of flying over traffic is making real.

Alef Aeronautics is making this happen with their Model A. pic.twitter.com/NeKgH4lREf

To order, consumers must pay 150 US dollars for the regular queue, or 1,500 US dollars for the priority queue. Currently, Alef has started the pre-production stage in their facilities in Silicon Valley and hopes to start producing customer models in the near future. If there are no obstacles, the official production of Model A is scheduled to start at the end of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026, with deliveries following later.

Model A is a highway legal passenger car that can also take off and land vertically. Alef even stated that the average Model A uses less energy per trip than Tesla or other electric cars.

Because Model A is classified as an ultralight vehicle, this car does not require flight certification to legally cross the highway. However, there are restrictions such as being able to fly only during the day and in a limited flying zone; ultralight vehicles are not allowed to fly over densely populated areas.

Earlier this year, Alef released a video of his flying car passing and then taking off vertically on a public road in California. Despite looking like a special effect, Alef insists this is the first video in history to show a car that is really driving and flying vertically.

Model A is priced starting at 300,000 US dollars, but Alef is optimistic that prices will drop drastically in the future, even below the price of sedans such as Toyota Corolla or Ford Focus.

Since initial production is still being carried out at manual construction levels within the plant, manufacturing costs are still high. However, Alef has entered into a mass manufacturing agreement with PUBLIC Aero and MYC, which are suppliers of aviation class components to large companies such as Boeing and Airbus.

Alef has just made a massive technical update to his flying car this week and will soon reveal more details. In addition to Model A, Alef is also developing a second flying car called Model Z which is expected to have a more affordable price of around $35,000, with a launch target by 2035.