The real Jetsons! A futuristic European flying 'AirCar', capable of transforming from a road vehicle to a plane in less than three minutes, is being sold to China - and flying taxis could take to the skies in Britain by 2028.

Slovakia-based KleinVision has sold its flying car technology to a Chinese company. p class="byline-section"> Published: 11:48 GMT, March 27, 2024 | Updated: 12:42 GMT, March 27, 2024

From Harry Potter to the Jetsons, flying cars have been a staple of science-fiction blockbusters for years. fiction.

But they are slowly but surely becoming a reality, with several companies vying to be the first to launch a commercially available vehicle.

One ​​of these companies is KleinVision, the Slovak developer of AirCar - the "world's first certified flying car" that can transform from one road vehicle into an airplane in less than three minutes.

Although the car is already certified to fly in Slovakia, the technology behind it has now been sold to a Chinese company, which according to KleinVision , 'will accelerate progress towards making consumer flying cars.'

The news comes shortly after the British government announced that flying taxis would be on the road. in British skies by 2028.