A Different Kind of Hybrid

It’s a car, it’s a plane… it’s a Terrafugia Transition.

Terrafugia Inc. is debuting a different sort of hybrid — a flying car. The Transition Roadable Aircraft, as the vehicle is known, looks like a mini-car with fold-up wings and a rear propeller. It fits into a single-car garage, and is powered with regular unleaded gasoline.

Terrafugia is scouting out financial institutions to provide financing and insurance for the $194,000 aircraft-car.

Already, the Woburn, Mass.-based company has gotten 70 pre-orders for the Transition. It plans to deliver to its first customer next year.

Click here for a video of the Transition’s first flight.

Click here for an interview with Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich.

Tags: aircraft, hybrid, terrafugia, transition

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Comment by JJ Hornblass on June 30, 2010 at 1:00pm: Doesn't look like it offers any room for backseat drivers.

Comment by Marcie Belles on July 18, 2011 at 2:30pm: The Terrafugia Transition has been cleared for takeoff by the U.S. National Highway Safety Administration. Though the Transition's price tag has increased, to about $230,000 from $170,000, as many as 100 customers have paid a $10,000 deposit for the flying car. Might we see some exotic vehicle financiers partner with Terrafugia?