MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has certified for testing a vehicle that a California startup describes as a flying car— the first fully electric vehicle that can both fly and travel on roads to receive US government approval. 

Alef Automotive said that its vehicle, dubbed the “Model A,” is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car. It also has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. It apparently will be able to carry one or two occupants and will have a road-range of 200 miles and a flying range of 110 miles.

Meanwhile, in the Philippines, a funeral parlor has obtained a patent for the first flying coffin.

It is not quite the b24 bombers of World War II. Rather, it is a real coffin designed like an airplane.

The funeral home said that their new design – named AK (Angat Kabaong) will increase attendance at wakes given that many Filipinos are coffinphobic — or have the fear of looking at coffins.

The U.S. flying car is expected to sell at $300,000, while the Filipino flying coffin will retail at P30,000.