---
title: "PAL-V’s Flying Car Design Has Been Finalized, Will Arrive in 2019"
description: "The PAL-V company is set to bring the first flying car to market in 2019. It can comfortably carry two passengers more than 300 miles in its flight mode."
date: "2018-03-06"
modified: "2018-03-06"
authors:
  - name: "Kyree Leary"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kyree"
url: "https://futurism.com/flying-car-design-finalized-arrive-2019"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "flying car"
  - "flying vehicles"
  - "pal-v liberty"
---

# PAL-V’s Flying Car Design Has Been Finalized, Will Arrive in 2019

![flying car pal-v liberty flying vehicles](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PAL-V_Liberty_Flying_Car_Slider_3.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.pal-v.com/en/explore-pal-v" target="\_blank"\>PAL-V\</a\>\</em\>*

Flying cars could take to the skies sooner than we think. Dutch company PAL-V intends to bring its four-wheeled aircraft, [the PAL-V Liberty](<https://www.pal-v.com/en/explore-pal-v>), to market by 2019.

As reported by *[Tech Crunch](<https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/06/take-a-look-at-the-production-version-of-the-pal-v-liberty-flying-car/>)*, the PAL-V Liberty was on display for the first time at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland, a sign of its impending release. PAL-V is taking [pre-orders for the car/aircraft](<https://www.pal-v.com/en/purchase-your-pal-v>), and provided everything goes as planned, the company intends to [proceed with deliveries by next year](<https://static.pal-v.com/assets/PAL-V-Worlds-First-Flying-Car-Production-Model-Comes-to-Life-English.pdf?mtime=20180304222123>). The aircraft has already received certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2Lx_Lgvqc

The PAL-V Liberty is designed to comfortably hold two passengers, and take off while carrying more than 908 kg (2,000 pounds). It can operate as both a car and an aircraft, and each mode would have different capabilities.

In car mode, it has a top speed of 160 km/hour (99 mph), and a range of 1,315 km (817 mph). In flight mode, its top speed increases to 180 km/hour (112 mph), and its range drops to 500 km (310 miles) — though that's with 30 minutes of reserve fuel and a single passenger.

Owners will need a pilot's license to take full advantage of the PAL-V Liberty, as well as access to a small landing strip or airfield. According to *Tech Crunch*, the transition from car mode to flight mode takes between five and 10 minutes.

![A side-by-side of the PAL-V Liberty in car and flight mode. Image Credit: PAL-V](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PAL-V_Liberty_Flying_Car_Specifications.jpg>)
*The PAL-V Liberty in car mode (left) and flight mode (right). Image Credit: PAL-V.*

While the PAL-V Liberty may be the first flying car to come to market, it certainly won't be the last. Shortly after its debut, we can expect to see [Airbus's flying electric taxis](<https://futurism.com/airbus-electric-flying-taxis-are-set-to-take-to-the-skies-next-year>) shuttling people through the air, Toyota's flying car [carrying the 2020 Olympic torch](<https://futurism.com/toyota-is-making-a-flying-car-to-light-the-2020-olympic-torch>), and AirSpaceX's [autonomous flying taxis debut in 2026](<https://futurism.com/airspacex-autonomous-electric-flying-taxi-hit-skies-2026>).

While the ground transportation industry struggles to combat ever-increasing road congestion, taking to the skies might be the way of future. Soon, flying cars may be as ubiquitous as cars, planes, and trains as a means of easy traveling.

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