PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona legislators want to launch drivers into the sky. As part of the state’s $17.6 million budget, ...

“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.

“This drive and flight test represents an important proof of technology in a real-world city environment,” said Jim Dukhovny, CEO of Alef, in a news release.

Alef CEO and co-founder Jim Dukhovny has been endeavoring for an entire decade to build this half-assed contraption, and says it will reach production later this year, you know, if nothing goes wrong.

Alef Aeronautics While the Model Zero Ultralight requires an experienced test pilot right now, Alef CEO and co-founder Jim Dukhovny says the Model A will be much easier for an average person to fly.

“This drive and flight test represents an important proof of technology in a real-world city environment,” said Alef Aeronautics chief executive Jim Dukhovny.

Jim Dukhovny, CEO and co-founder of Alef, told news agencies that people didn’t believe it was real, and they had to have news reporters shoot footage of it live to prove it.

California startup Alef Aeronautics has released "the first documented, verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered)," as CEO Jim Dukhovny wrote in a ...

Alef’s CEO, Jim Dukhovny, said the company is “proving to humanity that new transportation is possible.” The company has been developing flying cars for about a decade.

Flying car draws attention at 2025 Silicon Valley Auto Show: Here's a look San Mateo-based company Alef says there are more than 3,000 pre-orders for the electric vehicle.