Terrafugia created quite a stir on Thursday when it unveiled the new look for what could possibly be the world's first ever flying car, the TF-X. While the car itself is still under development, the Massachusetts-based car company has introduced the updated designs of the external body of the flying vehicle in an effort to drum up interest.
"These new developments represent exciting, significant progress on the path towards the realization of Terrafugia's revolutionary vision for the future of personal transportation," the company said in a press release.
TF-X is touted as a "plug-in hybrid car," an entirely new classification in human transportation once produced, if only for the fact that it could claim two transport categories. It can be used to cruise the streets, as well as take off and land vertically should the driver or the pilot desire to take it to the skies, Slash Gear reported. The vehicle uses a plug-in technology with an engine fired up with gasoline and electric motors to drive the car's propulsion. When the motors are linked to the propellers, they generate enough power that enables the vehicle to take off vertically, not unlike a helicopter. The 300-horsepower gasoline engine is turned on once the TF-X is airborne.
