Three years ago, Silicon Valley developed a fleeting infatuation with a startup called Zee.Aero. The company had set up shop right next to Googles headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., which was curious, because Google tightly controls most of the land in the area. Then a reporter spotted patent filings showing Zee.Aero was working on a small, all-electric plane that could take off and land verticallya flying car. In the handful of news articles that ensued, all the startup would say was that it wasnt affiliated with Google or any other technology company. Then it stopped answering media inquiries altogether.
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