The flying cars market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• In recent times, the size of the flying cars market has expanded significantly. It's projected to swell from $205.22 billion in 2024 to $318.32 billion in 2025, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 55.1%.
This surge during the historic period is due to earlier hurdles and lessons learnt, establishment of basic infrastructure, visionary ideas and cultural popularity, concerns about regulation and safety, and progressive research and funding.
The flying cars market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• Predictions depict a massive surge in the flying cars market over the forthcoming years, with expected growth to $1395.44 billion by 2029, which equates to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44.7%.
Factors contributing to this anticipated expansion during the forecast period encompass developments in regulatory frameworks, investment in infrastructure for skyports, market competition and innovation, consumer acceptance and demand, as well as global investment and backed by policy support. Forecasted trends for the same period highlight consumer demand and acceptance, market competitiveness and investment, progress in battery technology, airports' infrastructure development, and urban air mobility (UAM) initiatives.
The surge in the need for eco-friendly transport methods is anticipated to boost the flying cars market's expansion in the forecast period. Flying cars, which utilize vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) for commencing the journey, will thus gain traction. To illustrate, the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC), located in Australia, reported in March 2024 that Australia saw a significant rise in new electric vehicle acquisitions in 2023, more than twice the amount observed in 2022. This elevated the total count of EVs on Australian roads to over 180,000. As such, the escalating demand for transport solutions that are kind to the environment is likely to fuel the growth of the flying car market.
The flying cars market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Product: Manned Flying Cars, Unmanned Flying Cars
2) By Capacity: 2-Person Sitter, 3 And 4-Person Sitter, 5-Person Sitter
3) By Application: Military, Commercial Or Civil
Subsegments:
1) By Manned Flying Cars: VTOL (Vertical Take-Off And Landing) Vehicles, Fixed-Wing Flying Cars, Hybrid Models
2) By Unmanned Flying Cars: Drones, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) For Transport, Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
The swift embrace of cutting-edge technology is moulding the market of flying cars. The primary companies in this sector are prioritizing the use of advanced technology like the rapidly evolving distributed electric propulsion (DEP) system, which improves efficiency, enables quieter lifting off, and hovering. An example of this was seen in October 2022 when XPeng, an electric vehicle producer from China, launched an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flying car in Dubai. This eVTOL flying car is designed to function as a regular car during drive mode. When it shifts to flight mode in the air, it is controlled using a steering wheel and a right-hand gear lever.
Major companies operating in the flying cars market include:
• Joby Aviation Inc.
• Lilium GmbH
• Volocopter GmbH
• Vertical Aerospace Ltd.
• Aurora Flight Sciences Inc.
• Greenwing International
• PAL-V International BV
• Pipistrel d.o.o. Ajdovšcina
• SkyDrive Inc.
• Opener BlackFly
• Terrafugia Inc.
• Alef Aeronautics Inc.
• Kitty Hawk Corporation
• Urban Aeronautics Ltd.
• AeroMobil s.r.o.
• Moller International Inc.
• ARC Aerosystems Inc.
• Neva Aerospace Ltd.
• Workhorse Group Inc.
• Alakai Technologies Corporation
• Advanced Tactics Inc.
• HopFlyt Venturi
• Guangzhou EHang Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd.
• Jaunt Air Mobility LLC
North America was the largest region in the flying cars market in 2024. The regions covered in the flying cars market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.