CFC AirCAR (defunct)

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AirCAR (defunct)
CFC AirCAR
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
www.cfc-aircar.com (website offline)

Stephen Cook, based in Salt Lake City, Utah has developed a passenger hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) concept design vehicle that would be street and air legal for advanced air mobility (AAM). The company's aim is to make an “AirCAR” with a price tag in the range between $75,000.00 to $175,000.00 USD. The company expects to start production on January 1, 2023. As of October 15, 2026, the company website is offline and the company is believed to not be in business. If anyone has any updates about this company, please email us and we will update this web page.

AirCAR passenger hybrid-electric VTOL air and roadable concept design (defunct)
The AirCAR is a five passenger hybrid-electric VTOL air and roadable concept design vehicle. The AirCAR would have one pilot, four passengers and their luggage. The plan was to make a flying car that could possibly fit inside a standard sized garage, a standard parking space, drive legally on the road and also have the capability of flying.

The instrument panel will consist of six Apple iPads. The estimated cruise speed would be between 150-200 mph (241-322 km/h) with a calcuated top range of 1,000 miles (1,609 km). There are 29 electric ducted fans (EDFs) on both wings with 29 electric motors and is powered by a hybrid-electric power source. The turbine engine will power the motors and recharge the batteries to provide thrust for both vertical and forward flight. The is one high main wing. The wing is retractable for road travel and extend for flight. The aircraft has a boom mounted inverted u tail.

The fuselage and wings will be made from carbon fiber composite to give the aircraft a high strength to low weight ratio. The vehicle lands on the four wheels of the vehicle.

The personal air vehicle should fit inside a regular parking space with the tail possibly hanging slightly over the rear of the parking space. The company has not featured any specific safety devices at this time. However, redundancy with the 29 EDFs and 29 electric motors have the added safety that if several electric ducted fans stop working, the aircraft will still be able to fly and land safely.

The company plans to sell their personal air vehicles to private individuals for business and pleasure travel. No mention has been made for any other types of applications for the vehicle at this time. Piloting has not discussed and therefore piloting could be manual, remote, autonomous or a combination of these three.

Specifications:

• Aircraft: Passenger hybrid-electric VTOL road and air vehicle (defunct)
• Capacity: 1 pilot, 4 passengers and their luggage
• Cruise speed: 150-200 mph (241-322 km/h)
• Range: 1,000 miles (1,609 km)
• Instrument panel: 6 Apple iPads
• Electric fans: 29 Electric Ducted Fans (EDFs) for both  VTOL and forward flight. 14 EDFs on each wing and one rear fan for forward thrust.
• Electric motors: 29 electric motors
• Powerplant: Hybrid-electric turbine engine powering electric motors for the electric fans, for vertical and forward thrust
• Wing type: 1 constant chord high wing
• Rear stabilizer: 1 rear stabilizer with 2 vertical stabilizers connected on top with a horizontal stabilizer. That is, an upside down "U" shaped stabilizer without rudders.
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
• Landing gear: 4 road tires
• Safety features: Redundancy with multiple electric fans, motors and multiple iPads.

Company Insights:

• CBInsights
• Pitchbook
• Tracxn

Resources:

• CFC AirCAR (website unknown)
• Stephen Cook LinkedIn
• Video: CFC AirCAR, Stephen Cook, ST, Stephen Cook, May 5, 2025