We have been promised flying cars in the future for decades! Well here we are in the Future (TM) and no flying cars!
Yet.
Apparently Toyota is determined to give us flying cars by the 2020 olympics.
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Toyota has joined the flying car craze by backing a group working on a drone-like vehicle that would soar 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground at speeds up to 100 km/h (62 mph). The "Skydrive" is being developed by Cartivator, a startup with around 30 young volunteers working with drone expert Masafumi Miwa from Tokushima University. The aim is to get the car flying by next year and have it commercialized in time to light the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games torch.
The 2.9 meter (9.5 foot) long SkyDrive would be the "world's smallest" flying EV, though it's worth noting that as of today, there are exactly no commercial flying cars. Cartivator's model would be able to take off from any public road and be "intuitive" and easy to control, according to its Zenmono crowdfunding page.
Toyota chipped in around 40 million yen ($353,000) and offered the expertise of its mechanical engineers. The group has also received help from Taizo Sun, the founder of Japanese web game developer GungHo Online Entertainment, and about 2.5 million yen ($22,000) in crowdfunding pledges.
A lot of companies, including Uber, Larry Page's Kitty Hawk startup and Chinese firm Ehang are working on flying cars, making them the tech world's fanciful product du jour.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/15/...ve-flying-car/
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So maybe we can finally have the future we were always promised.
Yet.
Apparently Toyota is determined to give us flying cars by the 2020 olympics.
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Toyota has joined the flying car craze by backing a group working on a drone-like vehicle that would soar 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground at speeds up to 100 km/h (62 mph). The "Skydrive" is being developed by Cartivator, a startup with around 30 young volunteers working with drone expert Masafumi Miwa from Tokushima University. The aim is to get the car flying by next year and have it commercialized in time to light the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games torch.
The 2.9 meter (9.5 foot) long SkyDrive would be the "world's smallest" flying EV, though it's worth noting that as of today, there are exactly no commercial flying cars. Cartivator's model would be able to take off from any public road and be "intuitive" and easy to control, according to its Zenmono crowdfunding page.
Toyota chipped in around 40 million yen ($353,000) and offered the expertise of its mechanical engineers. The group has also received help from Taizo Sun, the founder of Japanese web game developer GungHo Online Entertainment, and about 2.5 million yen ($22,000) in crowdfunding pledges.
A lot of companies, including Uber, Larry Page's Kitty Hawk startup and Chinese firm Ehang are working on flying cars, making them the tech world's fanciful product du jour.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/15/...ve-flying-car/
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So maybe we can finally have the future we were always promised.
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