With work on it reported to be 85% complete, the country’s first “flying car” is expected to be revealed before the year is out. The project has certainly not been without its detractors, but entrepreneur development minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof says that Malaysia stands by its view on the project despite criticism being leveled at it from various parties, as Bernama reports.
The latest to take aim at the project is United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Professor Phillip Alston, who told The Malaysian Insight that a flying car would not be practical in Malaysia, where there are frequent storms.
Alston was also reported as saying that such a vehicle would consume too much fossil fuel. He said the venture would be a waste of resources and that Malaysia should instead prepare for the effects of climate change, which are already being felt.
Redzuan said that while everyone has different views on the matter, the government was open to any opinion on the project. “The UN might have their (own) opinion,” he said, adding that Alston’s statement was just “a view from a third party.”
He said that while Alston made some specific references, the project is not a government initiative but a private one. “We cannot curtail or prevent anyone who wants to get involved in that industry,” he said, adding that the project should be seen as a business opportunity with the potential to generate income and contribute to the country’s economy.
“If you look at the entire ecosystem in the industry itself, the size is about US$500 billion worldwide. It’s a big industry that we should get involved in and support,” he stated.
It is expected that the flying vehicle prototype that will be unveiled later this year will be the Vector, a drone-based, point-to-point air mobility solution being developed by Malaysian company Aerodyne Group in collaboration with a Japanese partner.
The Vector will reportedly be powered by four motors and a lithium-ion battery. Weighing in at 600 kg, and with a payload capacity of up to 200 kg, the vehicle is capable of flying about 50 metres above ground level at 60 km/h, and will offer from 30 up to 90 minutes of flight time.
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Keep on dreaming!
Stand behind… better than stand under the flying car –
Becareful there. The inexperienced driver/pilot might just gostan belakang instead of moving forward.
redzuan got bakat join my redshirt geng.Lolz
Too bad he already join bunga shirt geng
Next is flying motorcycle,flying bus flying taxi,flying lorry,flying boat…get ready ,all taxpayers.
The PH government is so stubborn than the previous one.. Lack of knowledge,idea and talent.. Such a waste of time for Malaysian.Now we all know these guys are really tin kosong.. Make useless noise louder than thunder,yet zero result!
A silver lining from GE14 is now we know our formerly Opposition are utterly incapable to govern. That’s good because once we change back to BN, we can keep them as the more effective Opposition for the next 60 years.
So right bro. I’d rather 1Mdb sampai 99Mdb.
if UN opinion is considered as 3rd party opinion.. if we malaysian said its a waste of money will he accept as a 1st party opinion and he needs to listen
They will never listen until they lose in next GE ! Flying car? Don’t understand why they just cannot take one step at a time. Work diligently on something practical not wasting money on dream or ego!!!
I think quadcopter like “Flying car” is not an ideal concept. They should combine a fix wing with multicopter to make the vehicle more efficient – more range, less battery. Something like lilium electric jet or Boeing Air taxi concept is better.
Please someone tell Datuk about this.
Dont just make it fly, make the most of it.
“Malaysia cronies stand behind its flying car – Mohd Redzuan”
Corrected for you there Mr Redzuan.
Old habits die hard. This was the type of ministers we rakyat voted out last GE. Didn’t wanna listen to rakyat on the ground only let their ego fly high. Simply brushed off other people’s suggestions only wanna be surrounded by people who can kipas their butt.
KDK fans is kipas-ing their butts so they feel cool about it. The pipu can suffer for all they care, after all they voted these ministers right?
This minister seems to be more syoik-sendiri as the days go by.
Here is news and real fact for this minister: Despite Malaysia having Ministry of Transportation for decades, accident rates still the highest in the SEA region. Precious life lost and billions RM property damaged & destruction on the road. Caused so much pain and grief to the victims.
Lots of catching up to do to improve the road and trasportation!
And now you want to take to the sky?????
This PH minister confirmed a solid nut case….
da da da…I BELIEVE I CAN FLY…da da da
I BELIEVE I CAN TOUCH THE SKY…
malaysian govt will sponsor lifetime fuel for this flying car for every customer….
No worries bro. It will be a veli short lifetime indeed.
only can go up to 60kmph? so slow la…. my civic turbo can do more than 3 times that speed on the highway.
Minister, you are not malaysia
The flying car is a private initiative and not a govt one. Whats the big deal so long as govt money is not involved.
I do tjink it should not be called a malaysian flying car. I believe it is developed by a malaysian company in japan. To call it malaysian would be equivalent to calling the Proton X70 a chinese car since Proton is majority owned by Geely.
If its private initiative why isn’t the company making these statements? Instead it became our ministers job, hey we didn’t pay him our taxpayers money to be working as a private company spokesperson. Either he is stupid to do this or there is prawn behind the rock.
project is a private one but government give grant.
in return the citizens of malaysia stands behind for a new change in the next election.
The way he defends this toy model it looks like he is making billions behind the scene . Total crony. Also it looks the name itself is not original. I believe Vector was the American supercar maker in 1980’s. It’s still alive and I am sure if he knows he will take legal action against this. Better pull this off.
Philip G. Alston from the UN is an Australian international law scholar and committed human rights practitioner. He doesn’t have any technical education, it is even unknown if he has the skills to change a light bulb. Opinions on a “flying car” may vary, but it’s a joke that a law professor talks about technical matters. He shall focus on his law books instead.
Your statement is so vulnerable.
If the scholar of his own field have no say in other field, then what Tun Dr. Mahathir have to do with Politics even as a PM? He’s a medicine scholar as everyone know.
Do you see the illogical statement that you are trying to make here?
Yey.. the flying car going to deliver the breakfast and lunch for the school student.. especially those rural area like Sabah Sarawak Titiwangsa
Yeah, actually it is not a car. It is an aircraft. Need for the certification process for fit to fly.
I am troubled by the statement “the country’s first “flying car””.
It means if this one failed, there will be second, third or forth flying car project.
This is rocket science and this make me a proud PH voter. Long live Ph
I hope this guy buy the first one.
Can masked up his face??? It make people vomiting and this is same with the blue taxi Si Botak……
The EGO is strong in this one…
You’re drunk minister