NEC shows ‘flying car’ hovering steadily for minute

Re:NEC shows ‘flying car’ hovering steadily for minute by adrianmonk on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:17AM (#20693133)

Same question as always applies: how much energy does it use compared to a car that drives on a road?

The article does mention electric (or hybrid) power, but since electric cars are a thing now, when comparing alternatives it seems like this would not have the lowest energy usage.

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Re:NEC shows ‘flying car’ hovering steadily for minute by FabHK on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:37AM (#20694867)

The Uber Elevate white paper answers many of these basic questions [1].

Bottom line:

  Conventional car about  1 mile / kWh
  Electric car about      3 miles / kWh
  Electric VTOL about     2 miles / kWh

[1] https://www.uber.com/elevate.pdf page 81ff

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Re:NEC shows ‘flying car’ hovering steadily for minute by cyknus on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:33AM (#20693190)

How much energy does a car use compared to a horse? I get your point and I agree with you, but that is probably not the right question.

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