--- title: "This Flying Car Is Now Allowed to Drive on Highways" description: "Dutch flying car company PAL-V has announced today that its Liberty flying car has passed its road admissions test in Europe, allowing it to drive anywhere." date: "2020-10-29" modified: "2020-10-29" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-car-pal-v-road-drive" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "flying car" - "flying cars" - "pal-v" - "pal-v liberty" - "the digest" --- # This Flying Car Is Now Allowed to Drive on Highways ![Dutch flying car company PAL-V has announced today that its Liberty flying car has passed its road admissions test in Europe, allowing it to drive anywhere.]() *\Image: PAL-V\* ## Ultimate Liberty Dutch flying car company PAL-V announced this week that its Liberty flying car has passed its road admissions test in Europe, allowing it to drive on both streets and highways with an official license plate. The Liberty, the company's commercial product hailed as the "world's first flying car," has been put through its paces on test tracks since February to certify it for public roads. https://youtu.be/yIjSaEeO2l0 ## Long Ranger "We have been cooperating with the road authorities for many years to reach this milestone," Mike Stekelenburg, CTO of PAL-V, said in a [press release](). "The excitement you feel in the team is huge. It was very challenging to make a 'folded aircraft' pass all road admission tests." The Liberty runs on regular gas and can fly drive 817 miles (1315 km) on the road thanks to a hefty 26.4 gallon tank. Once airborne — it needs anywhere between 590 feet and 1082 feet of runway to take off and roughly 100 feet to land — it can cover a distance of roughly 300 miles, remaining in the air for over four hours. ## Flying Racecar "It is very smooth and responsive to the steering and with a weight of just 660 kg \[1455 pounds\] it accelerates really well," test driver Hans Joore said. "The overall experience is like a sportscar. It feels sensational." The Liberty also passed European Aviation Safety Agency certifications. The company is hoping to roll out a finalized product in 2022. **READ MORE:** [PAL-V World's First Flying Car Hits The Road]() \[PAL-V\] ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()