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Alef Aeronautics

US-based electric flying car company headquartered in San Mateo, California.

HQ
San Mateo, California, USA
Status
active

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Alef Aeronautics: 1 model. 1 source back the record.

CategoryDrones

Overview

US-based electric flying car company headquartered in San Mateo, California. Alef is designing and developing what it claims to be the world's first real flying car — the Model A, a street-legal electric vehicle with VTOL capability using a mesh enclosed-rotor design. The vehicle is designed to drive on streets, take off vertically, and fly overhead above traffic.

Alef received FAA Special Airworthiness Certification for its prototype in 2023. The company claims 2,500+ pre-orders and is open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. Real test flight video has been published.

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Key facts

Products

Model A flying car

Notable

FAA Special Airworthiness Certification (2023)

Pre-orders

2,500+ claimed

Design

Street-legal + VTOL; mesh enclosed-rotor design

Investment

Open to accredited and non-accredited investors

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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Current leadership (1)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Alef Aeronautics.

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