Just to really bore it home that we are live in the futurity , a group of engineer are trust their flying gondola could be used to light up the Olympian flame for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games .
The Cartivator Skydrive , designed by a Japanese commencement - up with support from Toyota Motor Corp , was shown off by its developer on this week at Toyota City in Japan , asReutersreports .
At the moment , the “ flying motorcar ” is essentially just an oversized aerial trailer that can only take flight for a few seconds at a time . That ’s because the fomite ’s size of it means that it presently struggle with stability . However , there are high outlook resting on the shoulder joint of this contraption . The start - up say they target to carry out the first manned flight by the ending of 2018 , with the end goal of lighting the fire for Tokyo 2020 .
It will eventually go on commercial-grade sale , all being well , by 2025 . Its main merchandising point will be its small size of it , mean it ’s easy for it to take off and shore more or less anywhere it wishes . By 2050 , the start - up wants to make vanish cars accessible to everyone , anytime and anywhere .
“ As we brainstorm many dissimilar idea , ” Ryutaro Mori , the business theatre director at Cartivator , toldRed Bull , “ we come to the conclusion that build a flying railway car and lighting the 2020 Olympic flame with the car will aid to achieve that mission . ”
Once fully evolve , Skydrive could touch hurrying of 150 kilometers ( 93 miles ) per hour on land and 100 kilometers ( 62 miles ) per 60 minutes in the sky .
The project has been running since 2014 with just 10 volunteers ( all with their own full - time jobs ) work out on it . Toyota Motor is going to pump 42.5 million yen ( $ 385,000 ) of investment into the project over the next three days .
However , they ’ve got hot rivalry . In April this yr , Slovakian companyAeroMobil unwrap they have program tostart pre - ordersfor their fly machine within the next few month . Get economy , though , their flee machine is set to cost around € 1.2 million to € 1.5 million ( $ 1.29 million to $ 1.61 million ) .
“ Like other vanish car developers , we think that ride - communion is one of the keys to making flying car accessible to all as a means of day - to - sidereal day transportation system , ” Mori added .
