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It’s the ultimate staple of any good science fiction story. We’ve been dreaming about the flying car ever since films like Blade Runner or Back to the Future showed us a world where our skies would be filled with vehicles. But reality is different from fiction — at least for now — because it’s still hard to imagine swapping asphalt for the clouds.

Even so, experts are strongly backing so-called vertical mobility or air mobility. While electric cars aim to replace combustion vehicles, a more distant future paints a picture in which the flying car takes centre stage. In forums and meetings of mobility experts, this idea is gaining more and more traction. And there are already many signs pointing in that direction.

Today’s society is increasingly aware of the negative impact pollution has on the environment, and of the need to take important measures — such as a new mobility model — to prevent the ongoing deterioration of the planet’s natural resources.

In this context, the European Union is developing different programmes and regulations aligned with this goal, such as reducing current CO₂ emissions, which are truly harmful to the environment.

One of these measures is to end the sale of internal combustion engine cars in 2035 — an objective that would significantly reduce the emission of polluting gases into the atmosphere, but which raises a number of doubts and questions about its feasibility and success. The ban on selling petrol and diesel cars has sparked a major debate in the sector and in society, given the many pros and cons involved.