---
title: "This Flying Car Looks Like the DeLorean From “Back to the Future”"
description: "Israel startup Urban Aeronautics announced this week that it's partnering with hydrogen fuel cell maker HyPoint to devise a hydrogen-powered flying car."
date: "2020-06-12"
modified: "2020-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-car-delorean-back-future"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "delorean"
  - "flying car"
  - "the digest"
  - "vtol"
---

# This Flying Car Looks Like the DeLorean From “Back to the Future”

![Israel startup Urban Aeronautics announced this week that it's partnering with hydrogen fuel cell maker HyPoint to devise a hydrogen-powered flying car.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/flying-car-delorean-back-future.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Urban Aeronautics\</em\>*

## Doc!

Israel startup Urban Aeronautics [announced this week](<https://newatlas.com/aircraft/urban-aeronautics-hydrogen-cityhawk-evtol-hypoint/>) that it's partnering with hydrogen fuel cell maker HyPoint to devise a hydrogen-powered flying car.

And the sleek, retro design will look familiar to fans of the DeLorean Motor Company — or anyone who's seen the 1985 time travel blockbuster "Back to the Future," featuring one of the company's vehicles. Also, you know, it flies.

## eVTOL

The view of the futuristic vehicle changes substantially depending on your angle.

From the side, the electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle looks like a smoothed-down version of a DMC DeLorean — but from above or below, it's clear that the car's front and rear are taken up by two enormous fans that provide lift. Another apparent DeLorean allusion: though it's unclear whether this version will include it, a [previous design](<http://www.urbanaero.com/category/2020>) even included that vehicle's iconic gull-wing doors.

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/urban2.jpg>)

**READ MORE:** [Urban Aeronautics moves to hydrogen for its CityHawk eVTOL air taxi](<https://newatlas.com/aircraft/urban-aeronautics-hydrogen-cityhawk-evtol-hypoint/>) \[*New Atlas*\]

**More on early life:** [*Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-taxi-volocopter-flight-german-city>)

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)