This Personal Aircraft Can Be Yours For Less Than $200k
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- At the 2023 UP.Summit, Forbes spoke to Ken Karklin, the CEO of Pivotal, about their personal flying vehicle Helix. The production EVTOL will cost $190,000, and the company will begin taking orders in January 2024.
UP.Summit is the annual flagship event of mobility focused venture investment firm UP.Partners.
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Taking range anxiety to new heights 😅
Wait... only a 20 mile range? Get outta here!
It's not because of the limitations of the vehicle. USA gets 20 miles and 62mph. It's because the FAA. The version being sold outside of the USA can do 40+ miles and 80+mph.
That price varied real quick! The first videos ever produced was saying starting price's was at $45,000. Now at $190,000 for 20 mile flight.
Add small turbine engines and a couple gallons of fuel. No more range Problem
Its useless with only a 20 mile range. And a combustion engine and increase it.
With solid state batteries coming out in production volumes next year this aircraft could be revolutionary! Where do I sign up?
To work as an uber-rich man's toy it will need to have retractable wings as it appears too wide for towing on public roads. At $200k you'll get bored pretty quick if you can only fly it from your own property. I've watched them test it for the past year at my airport, makes a lot of noise and looks goofy.
$200k for 20miles? Cool concept but no. Gotta get that range up!
20 mile range????? Not happening man for 40K
It's because of FAA regulations, not vehicle limitations.
is there a parachute? 40 mile range would be necessary imo
How long before someone flies one into power lines?
Me with $500 in bank: I need time to consider
You have to be rich enough to have $200k to spend on this but live in an area that is not near an airport and is in a class G area and also only want to go 10 miles if you want to return or 20 miles if it is a 1 way flight. 200 pound limit on weight means you can only go by yourself but that is fine as buyers of this toy would probably not have wives letting them spend that much on a transport method to get to their mistresses. Someone too rich would just get a helicopter and be done with it. Very specific person in mind as their customer base.
if it's easier to fly than a helicopter that could make a difference
@@matthewp5472 but once you have a helicopter you can fly anywhere, with this you are stuck in small areas away from people and can only go short distances. It would need the same basic controls that a helicopter has but it is probably a bit more responsive.
Its clearly purely for recreation. Its seems like a product you can just get in and fly away after some short training.
@@Martian74 There is a significant investment in time and cost to get a helicopter pilot's license, and many people would be incapable even if they wanted to. On top of this, there is a significant maintenance cost for a helicopter.
@@Martian74 I wonder why that is. This should be usable as an alternative to cars.
LOWER COST? COMPARED TO WHAT? HOW LONG WILL THE BATTERY ... LAST? AND HOW MUCH TO BUY?
Waiting for better and cheaper Chinese version. 😊😊😊
Less than 200K ... 80% of the world population lives with under 10 dollars a day and this guys say less than 200K as if it was a bargain. Obliviousness to a whole new level.
Who would want to spend 200k on a toy that get scratched on every use?
Only less than a quarter of a million? For that amazing rocking chair on wings? Wow! Pivotal is taking “let’s not buy that” to new levels. Literally the worst company ever.
Like all startups, these guys lied about the eventual price. From costing as much as an SUV to $190,000, it's now just an impractical toy for rich people. What we need is a flying equivalent of a Model-T for the common man.
Too right. This thing was supposed to be far less than $100k.
Congrats you made a helicopter
You could take a few days training and jump in and fly this. Not so for a helicopter.
It can be mine for less than 200k and a few years of waiting.
20 miles. Is it an electric scooter ?
In development for 10 years means he was working secretly for the pentagon 🙄
If you can’t fly over cities it’s useless. This would help with traffic congestion. No need for it unless I can go from city to city
Now we have to start worrying about someone crash landing their flying car on our rooftop
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Very good !
I don't want to own it. I want to call it with my cell phone when i need it and when i don't need it it goes away. Owning and storing transportation at your home is ridiculous.
I prefer to own my vehicle and drive it wherever I like, whenever I like. Sometimes, people drive just to drive. Sounds like you've only ever owned cars with plastic dashboards and fabric seats.
I love this idea and concept. A couple of years ago, it was announced that they would be priced similar to an SUV. Is that how much new SUVs cost?
Should have been cheaper!
Looks like entering in a flat spin any moment...
Too bad we can’t sell short this company’s shares. What a stupid idea!
Какая скорость?
62mph in USA. 80mph+ and 40+ miles range outside of USA.
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20 miles? Pass
Current 200 pound weight limit is too low for Americans!😁
It flies but it's not a car.
20 miles means almost nothing
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Congrats you a helicopter that fly only 20 miles.... This is only an ugly expensive toy....
Blackfly
If you give me 50k i make one similar in my house and chinese parts
hurry up...my car budget is 30-60k. do better
Is this satire?? The joke flying contraptions of the Red Bull Flugtag are looking way more professional! C'mon, guys, 'fess up: you wanted to fool the stupid eVTOL fanboys! Well you sure did!
Another one that will fail.
Wow, a ripoff of the Blackfly
Same company! Production model.