This video shows an earlier prototype of ASKA™. Please visit this link to see the full-scale functional prototype of ASKA™, debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January, 5-8th, 2023. [ Ссылка ] ASKA™ is an Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing vehicle (eVTOL) with drive and fly capabilities, providing door to door semi-autonomous transport.
NFT opened the world's first flying car showroom in April 2021 for pre-orders of the ASKA™. Located in Los Altos, California, the showroom also features an interactive museum and learning center dedicated to air mobility.
The 4-seater ASKA™ enables people to live within 250 miles outside a major city and easily commute to an urban center in less than 1-hour, door-to-door.
People can board ASKA™ at their home, on the street or in a parking lot, and drive it like a regular car. The size of a SUV in drive mode, the ASKA™ is a performant road vehicle. To easily transition to flight mode, ASKA™ lifts off vertically in a designated vertipad launch space – no need to travel to a special air terminal or wait in line with other travelers. As the wings open, ASKA™ transitions to smooth flight, programmed to the driver's destination. After safely transitioning to a vertical landing in a vertipad, ASKA™ can be driven as a car, or be parked in a standard parking lot, on the street, or in a garage. Flying the vehicle will be made simple through semi-autonomous technologies, although pilot training will still be needed to operate ASKA™ in the air.
The FAA and EASA have moved ahead to certify street-legal conventional aircraft. ASKA™'s development and flight testing are being conducted in accordance with FAA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) guidelines for certification.
The company is part of NASA's Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, along with Boeing, Bell, and others; ASKA is the only consumer-oriented company in this group.
The co-founders of NFT Inc., Maki Kaplinsky and Guy Kaplinsky, are serial entrepreneurs. Their first start-up provided servicing for government-related projects in over 15 countries. The second start-up, IQP Corporation, was a pioneer in the Internet of Things sector and their application development platform was sold to GE Digital in 2017. NFT Inc. is headquartered in Los Altos, California.
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