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Jim Dukhovny

Jim Dukhovny is a co-founder and chief executive of Alef Aeronautics, a California company developing electric vehicles designed for road travel and flight.

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DI has documented statements by Jim Dukhovny on Aviation Safety and Consumer Protection. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Jim Dukhovny

Jim Dukhovny

Role at the time: Alef Aeronautics co-founder and chief executive

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Statement summary

Dukhovny treats Tesla's unveiling as entry into the flying-car category and welcomes competition.

“Welcome, Tesla, to the flying car race; we’ve been here alone for eleven years”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Alef CEO welcomes Tesla to the flying-car categoryDukhovny's statement
Why we used this label

Reference point: Musk's description of the Roadster as a flying car. Dukhovny, whose company Alef is developing a flying car, welcomes Tesla to the flying car race, which accepts the Roadster as a flying car. He does not assess its flight performance. Closest competing label: Mixed or conditional; it loses because the welcome carries no condition.

Read statementElon Musk calls Tesla's Roadster a flying car; Roger Connor questions sustained-flight claims before the demo

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