Flying car season has come early this year. Usually the press waits until the dead of winter when we’re all bored from the combination of bad weather and short days before trotting out these types of stories. Maybe this predicts a bad winter coming, like the fuzzy caterpillar or the bushy-tail squirrel.
Does anyone else find the comments about flying at 150 kt using a 300 hp V-6 engine and using only 5 gallons/hour of fuel just a little hard to believe? Also they will have a hard time selling them to portly Americans with a paultry 500 pound useful load limit. It does not appear that there are actual doors on either side of the cabin, so good luck climbing in and out. It would also be interesting to watch someone trying to maneuver it through a high-rise parking garage in a major city. Interesting design, but not terribly practical. Maybe they could get the FAA to certify it under their “new and improved” LSA rules, due out shortly. 
There is a practical question ignored by all of these “air car” companies. Where are you going to find an airport willing to let you drive in and fly away. What are the chances that there is an airport like that where you want to go? We see fewer and fewer local airports accepting small GA aircraft as it is because they all want to attract business aircraft to pay for the airport/services. As long as these “air cars” still require a runway for takeoff or landing they will still not pass the practicality test.