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Re:Terrafugia's flying car model has been approved for tests... by matheweis on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:34PM (#10772555)
It appears to me that the "power head" / vtol portion is electric, and that there is a separate - presumably gasoline - "ducted fan" in the rear of the vehicle.

That would eliminate a substantial number of drivetrain complexities for the vtol / early forward portion of flight.

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Re:Terrafugia's flying car model has been approved for tests... by markbnj on Monday December 21, 2015 @02:26PM (#10772871)
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing it up. So they use the fans for lift until you get enough forward speed then tuck them.
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