In a news conference loaded with “Back to the Future” and “The Jetsons” references, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that Florida would become a national hub for testing ultralight electric aircraft, generally considered the next frontier of electric vehicles.

Although many people call them “flying cars,” without wheels or landing gear, they’re more like human-sized drones that can take off or land without a runway. The industry refers to them as electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs.

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    DeSantis told a small crowd that he can envision people flying over Interstate 4 to skip the traffic between Tampa and Orlando. “I don’t know how long the flight would be — not very long,” he said. “That is going to happen here in the state of Florida, and we’re excited for that.”

    Man is sounding more like DJT every month.