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Scenes from sci-fi epics like Star Wars and Back to the Future, where flying cars are an everyday part of the landscape, are edging ever closer to reality, thanks to Adelaide-based company Alauda Aeronautics.
Adelaide entrepreneur Matt Pearson is making history with his fleet of airborne electric cars, first setting his sights on racing gravity-defying vehicles three years ago. The electric vehicles, named Alauda Mk3s, have undergone vigorous testing in the South Australian outback, making history in the world’s first ever flight of a flying racing car.
Matt founded both companies behind the innovative project, Airspeeder and Alauda Aeronautics, having previously started up nano-satellite company, Fleet Space Technologies, bringing a wealth of tech and engineering experience to this world-first ambition.
The sky is now truly the limit for these incredible eVTOL vehicles (electrical vertical take off and landing) which can race at staggering speeds of more than 190km/h.
South Australia, as a world leader in technological innovation, has been the base for Airspeeder, and is currently home to ten Mk3s that are under construction in the Adelaide headquarters of Alauda Aeronautics.
Next for the Mk3s is an epic uncrewed electric flying car Grand Prix, which will see these electric flying cars racing across yet-undisclosed locations around the world, an incredible opportunity for millions of eager viewers to watch first-of-their-kind races unfold in landscapes previously off-limits to more traditional forms of car racing.
This is an incredible leap for the technological industry, with an expert team working on the project, including the brightest minds from the world of F1 racing, aviation, motorsports and eSports.
The races, which will see the air-borne vehicles tackle an augmented reality course, will be live-streamed across the world, where spectators will witness the awesome power of the Mk3s, which have a greater thrust-to-weight ration than an F15 fighter jet.
Once the uncrewed races have gone ahead, which are planned for later this year, the next stage for the Mk3’s will be a race across the world in 2022, using manned aircraft for the first time.
With this technology having been predicted to be worth $1.5 trillion by 2040, Adelaide is truly leading the world in these inspiring technological advances, which have an unlimited potential in the spheres of global travel, providing medical support to remote locations and electric transport.
To find out more about Alauda Aeronautics, visit their website here.
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