This proposition will pay out at POP$100 if a vehicle that is both street-legal and capable of powered, unassisted flight is made commercially available with at least 100 confirmed orders by December 31, 2025.
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This is interesting info on Paul Moller the proponent on the Moller Skycar. I used to live in Dixon, CA (the next town to the west of UC Davis where Dr. Moller is a professor) where Dr. Moller purchased several acres of land for commercial retail facilities and production facility for the Skycar. Well, due to Dixon's backing out on infrastructure improvements to the area (there was supposed to be a horse racing track built nearby but Dixon residents voted against it therefore forcing the city to abandon expansion plans at this time), the land is now in foreclosure. With the economy the way it is, the people of Dixon the way they are, I believe that this knocks the Moller Skycar out of the race.
For all of you who went short on FLYINGCAR today based on the Moller Skycar news, I think you are being a bit myopic. Yesterday a prop based on a flying car closed LONG because that car was able to travel from England to Timbuktu. That car is currently for sale and is cheaper to buy and easier to operate than anything like the Moller Skycar will ever be. Do you really think that they are not going to receive orders for and produce more than 100 of this version of the Skycar? Stay short on FLYINGCAR and find out the hard way!