[WATCH] AeroMobil 3.0 flying car unveiled

The AeroMobil 3.0 flying car has been unveiled, and it takes off quicker than ever.

Revealed at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, the latest prototype of the vehicle features significant improvements and upgrades since its last version, the AeroMobil 2.5.

The machine, which its designers say is “very close to the finished product”, is now being tested in real flight conditions as part of a regular flight-testing program.

Designed and manufactured in only 10 months, the car is around the same size as a limousine or a large luxury sedan and can be parked in regular parking slots in cities. It runs on standard gasoline and can be fuelled at regular gas stations.

“I believe that AeroMobil will inspire new ways of thinking about personal travel,” says Co-Founder and CEO Juraj Vaculik. “It may really enable new ways of travel, advancing it to a new level. We are set to reinvent the flying car without constraints and deliver excitement through unique technical solution and design.”

The Slovakian invention has been in development since 1989, when Stefan Klein began working on a concept of a flying car. He was joined by Vaculik in 2010 and the pair embarked upon commercializing the project.