Flying cars may be more environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles when used to make journeys of over 22 miles (35 kilometres), reports new research. Among the proposed solutions to these challenges are electric cars and self-driving vehicles that can improve traffic flow. One possible solution would be to switch to flying cars - such as those imagined in the sixties science fiction animation, The Jetsons - that could zip around above existing traffic. Boeing's prototype flying car - the passenger air vehicle, or PAV - completed its first successful test flight in Virginia in January 2019. 'Not only is high passenger occupancy better for emissions - it also favours the economics of flying cars.

Source: Daily Mail April 09, 2019 15:10 UTC