By: Franyi Sarmiento, Inspenet, December 8, 2021
ALI Technologies, a Tokyo-based Japanese start-up, unveiled its Xturismo flying bike, the “hoverbike”, as the company describes it, weighs 300kg and can travel at speeds of up to 100km per hour for 40 minutes.
In the presentation, held on a race track, the driver started the motorcycle, which is 3.7 meters long and has 6 propellers, rising several meters and flying around the place controlling the rotation with its conventional engine and its four electric motors. battery.
The flying bike is also priced sky-high, costing 77.7 million yen ($682,000) and will produce 200 vehicles per year, with the support of investors Kyocera and Mitsui Sumimoto Insurance Venture Capital. The developers explain that this avant-garde vehicle can be used not only for recreational flights but also for rescue work.
Other companies like Jonny Aviation, HT Aero and Honda Motor also see the potential future and are developing flying cars.
Photo: Ken Kobayashi
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