It started as a Kickstarter campaign until it was canceled by Pearson and his time before the end of 2017. But that hasn't stopped them from receiving funding and sponsorship, claiming that their timeline is still intact and ready to move forward.

The scheduled timeline goes as followed:

First Test Race: mid-2018

Livestream of two unmanned speeders going head to head through the Australian desert

Livestream of two unmanned speeders going head to head through the Australian desert Trial and Error: 2018-2019

More Test Races, Training and Qualifiers

More Test Races, Training and Qualifiers First World Championship: 2020

Piloted speeders, three locations around the world

If you're expecting to see something like pod racing from the Star Wars universe, look elsewhere. Safety will likely be the greatest concern when developing these flying vehicles and launching live-streamed races. There's plenty of mayhem within the drone racing community. But when those drones involve actual people piloting from inside, no world championship will be approved if there's reason to believe people are going to die before the race ends.

A lot of challenges are ahead of Alauda Aeronautics, but if they can successfully administer safe and entertaining flying car races, this very well could become a brand new, global, sport!

What do you think?