Fed up of being stuck in traffic jams? Soon you could fly right over them in a £235,000 electric car.

Alef Aeronautics' futuristic vehicle can be driven around like a normal car on the streets. 

However, it is also packed with propellors in the bonnet and boot that allow it to take off at any time to skip the queue. 

This week, the company successfully tested the flying car in a city environment for the first time. 

Incredible footage shows the car driving forwards a few metres, before taking off vertically. 

It then glides through the air over the car in front of it, before landing on the ground and driving off. 

'This drive and flight test represents an important proof of technology in a real-world city environment,' said Jim Dukhovny, CEO of Alef. 

'We hope it will be a moment similar to the Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk video, proving to humanity that new transportation is possible.'

The test was conducted on an unidentified public street that had been closed off. 

According to Alef, the video is the first in history to show a car both driving and vertically taking off. 

'While previous videos exist of cars driving and using a runway to take off, videos of tethered flights, and eVTOL flying taxis taking off, this is the first publicly released video of a car driving and taking off vertically,' the company said in a statement. 

While the test was carried out with a special, ultralight version of the Alef Model Zero, the Model A flying car will eventually be a two-seater with a road range of 200 miles and a flying range of 110 miles.