Citing the potential for NextGen airspace modernization, unmanned aircraft technology and certification reforms to revolutionize general aviation, flying-car developer Terrafugia has unveiled its concept for a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) four-seater. The new TF-X is planned to become available after 2020 as a follow-on to the Transition two-seat roadable aircraft now under development. First delivery of the Transition was originally slated for 2011 but is now expected between January 2015 and March 2016, says CEO Carl Dietrich. "Transition will still be our focus for the next two-plus years. But we see light at the end of the engineering tunnel, so we started dedicating some internal resources to what we should work on next," he says. "We have been getting a lot of inquiries about VTOL."
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