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JRC, Brussels, 4/11/2014

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case 1 > Commuters Growing road congestion in major metropolitan areas and megacities around the world case 2 > Middle distance travel Inneficient personal transportation for 100-300 mile trips (car or car-plan-car) case 3 > Missing infrastructure Huge road infrastructure demands in developing countries

Our experience: No freedom to travel

until 1989

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Today is the time for:

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Revolution in Personal Transportation!

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Because we are in prison again!

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Traffic jam prison

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»Ever more people live in large cities (221 cities with more than 1 million people in China by 2025 vs. 35 in Europe today)

1 > Urban Commuters We are reaching the limits of road infrastructure in major urban areas

»Over the next 20 years, more cars may be built than in the auto industry’s 110-year history

»Equivalent of 1% of EU’s GDP is lost every year in the EU alone because of traffic congestion

1 McKinsey, “Preparing for China’s Urban Billion”, February 2009 2 World Bank, “Transport Overview”

2 European Commission, “Out of the box - Ideas about the future of air transport”, 2007

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Airport prison

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2 > Medium distance travel Inefficient personal transportation for trips up to 400 miles (car or car-plane-car)

»Number of person roundtrips between 50 and 500 miles in US equals to 2.18 bill./year and represents almost 80% of all trips

1 US Department of Transportation, “National Transportation Statistics”, 2013

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Sometimes we have nowhere to go…

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3 > Missing infrastructure Huge road infrastructure demands in developing countries

» Only 3% of the world surface has road infrastructure

» Only 57% of existing roads are paved

» Globally more than $ 8 trillion needed just for road infrastructure by 2030

1 Geological Society of America: Land transformation by humans, 2012

2 World Bank: Data, 2012-2013 3 World Economic Forum: The green investment report, 2013

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Technology is about to help Making traffic intelligent: autonomous & coordinated But that’s just a partial solution…

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The real solution: Moving traffic from 2D to 3D!

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“Mark my word: A combination of airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile, but it will come.”

Henry Ford, 1940

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Design + Engineering

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AeroMobil 1. 1990-1994 private “garage” project

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AeroMobil 2. 1995-2010 private “garage” project

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2010

AeroMobil Company was founded by

Stefan Klein & Juraj Vaculik

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pre-prototype

AeroMobil 2.5

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Brand and product recognised by global media and experts

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Flying Car (automated transformation)

Roadable aircraft

Gyroplane

Powered Parachute

Skylys

Skyrunner

Carplane

Samson Switchblade

ITEC Maverick

Super Sky Cycle

Pal-V Europe

Plane Driven PD2

Terrafugia Transition

AeroMobil 3.0

Concept Market ready Less advanced

Most advanced

DARPA Transformer

Overview of the current status on the market

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First: Secure Intellectual Property

1 Key omnibus patent that covers crucial parts of the AeroMobil’s technology (in 101 countries around the World)

2 additional patents that cover unique systems used in AeroMobil

16 Trademarks

2 Designs (AeroMobil 2.5 and AeroMobil 3.0)

3 Utility model

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team of 12 full time people

in just 10 months…

+ 6 part time

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Cockpit 2.5

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Cockpit 3.0

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“Flying Roadster” SuperCar combined with Light Sport Aircraft

Carbon fibre • 2 seater • Garmin Avionics • 2 axis autopilot • 430 miles range (4 flying hrs) • Advanced Parachute Deployment • Only 650-feet grass strip for take off and landing - airports not necessary!

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“Silicon Valley can keep its Teslas and robotic cars: Slovakia’s AeroMobil just unveiled a flying car. It’s here. It’s real. And it’s spectacular.”

“It's better than a bird, better than a plane — maybe even better than Superman. It's a flying car!”

“A Slovakian Startup Is Building a Flying Car”

“Watch this flying car cruise around the skies of Slovakia”

“Flying car approaches liftoff as most advanced prototype yet is unveiled”

“Are Flying Cars The Future Of Transportation?”

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Initial product “Object of Desire"

• Establish strong brand globally • Eliminate or radically minimize technological and regulatory risk • Create significant revenues and profits for reinvestment • Expected market launch: 2016/2017 • Target market: Existing market of wealthy supercar buyers, flight enthusiasts

built to fit existing regulatory categories and infrastructure

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Mass market product “Self-Flying Car”

• Create an entirely new product category with mass appeal and mass-market usability • Fully integrate emerging technologies, such as autonomous driving/flying and sophisticated vehicle-

to-vehicle communications • Expected market launch around 2020 • Target market: Mass product for private and shared usage

New way of personal transportation • Fully autonomous • In it’s own regulatory category • 4 seater • Hybrid • 930 miles range (3 flying hrs) • Advanced Parachute Deployment • 500-feet grass strip for take off and landing - airports not necessary

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Fundamental technological challenge of car+plane

Technological challenges with various

components

Regulation &Certification

Funding

Key challengesand risks ahead

Solved Solved or expected to be solved within the next 2 years

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Stefan Klein CO-FOUNDER, CTO

»Mechanical engineer and designer by training »Founder and Head of Department of Transport - Design

at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, one of the most respected car design schools globally

»Has been responsible for innovative design and research projects for leading companies, such as Audi, BMW, and Volkswagen

»Stefan’s students have gone to design some of the most iconic cars, such as Bugatti Veyron

»Experienced pilot with more than 1,200 flight hours in powered aircrafts

»Co-founder of plane charter company AirExplore »Dedicated more than 20 years of his life to his dream of

developing a flying car

Juraj Vaculik CO-FOUNDER, CEO

»Entrepreneur and angel investor »Founder and CEO of MADE BY VACULIK, one of

the largest and most successful independent advertising agencies in Central and Eastern Europe, with reach extending to over 30 countries, including Western Europe and China

»Spearheaded dozens of award winning, large marketing campaigns for global companies and brands like T-Mobile, IKEA, Dell, PGSK, SAB/Miller, Aegon or Mercedes-Benz

»One of the main student leaders during the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989

Combined experience of AeroMobil senior team

Team

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»47 years in entrepreneurship »67 years in management and business development »31 years in car development and design »90 years in airplane development and design »38 years in public policy and regulation »160 years in prototyping and manufacturing

Cutting-edge expertise of global group of advisors from automotive, aerospace and academia

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There’s no reason why the future should happen only at Stanford, or in college, or in Silicon Valley.

Peter Thiel