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Why has tiny Israel taken a leading position in the flying car space?
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Why has tiny Israel taken a leading position in the flying car space?
To celebrate Israel's 64th birthday, ISRAEL21c brings you the country's top 64 innovations -- developments that are transforming and enriching lives across the planet.
MACA, a French startup based in southeast France, unveiled its Carcopter, a hydrogen-powered flying Formula-1 at CES 2021 last week. Founders Thierry de Boisvilliers, and Michael Krollak, both veterans from Airbus Helicopters, aim at creating a Formula 1-type competition for flying cars to accelerate innovation in the zero-emission VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) market while generating revenues from the racing business. The idea to design a race VTOL vehicle came to former fighter pilot Thierry de Boisvilliers and former Airbus Helicopters executive Michael Krollak while working at Ai...