Toyota invests 40 million yen in flying car company

Toyota invests 40 million yen in flying car company

Flying cars appear to be the next big thing, as Toyota has agreed to invest 40 million yen (RM1,520,122) in Cartivator, according to Nikkei Asian Review. The group is currently working on a drone-like vehicle called Skydrive, which it hopes will be ready in time to light the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games torch.

Information from the group’s website reveals that the vehicle will measure 2,900 mm long, 1,300 mm wide and 1,100 mm tall. The three-wheeled Skydrive will be able to take off and land on public roads easily, with a flight altitude of around 10 metres.

While in the air, it can fly at speeds of up to 100 km/h, whereas on the ground, the top speed is 150 km/h. Of course, specific details on how the car alternates between the modes and its effective range are still unanswered as development is still in progress.

The idea of flying cars has been tossed around for some time, with other companies like Uber and Airbus aiming to roll out its own airborne vehicles to combat congestion. This will likely require new laws, a licensing system and traffic rules to be developed and implemented.

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Comments

  • suomynano on May 16, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    Toyota invested RM1.52mil?
    RM1.5bil cud buy 1000 flying car companies

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    • Rm1500 alredi can buy GT wing that makes the car fly. According to basher logic, someone must be pocketing the rest ni…

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  • Sgt Scoop on May 16, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    The theory of a flying car seems great when you are stuck in traffic but it supposed that you are the only one with a flying car. Could you imagine flying cars in Malaysia? They would be crashing into each other and falling on to houses all the time.

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    • Yup, lmao. Not everyone can fly compared to cars. And only the rich can afford to buy one.

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  • abang_viosTRD_sunway on May 16, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    Lor, vios already can fly ma

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  • Shud have spend that money making cars with specs that pipu actually wants.

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    • Mikey on May 16, 2017 at 3:37 pm

      Toyo sold more than 10 million vehicles last year. That is 10 million actual people buying a Toyota.
      At least Toyo did NOT borrow $$$ to make the flying car unlike some

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      • The only other that did borrow money to build flying car was Moller, but that looks like a hoverplane instead.

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  • komarad on May 16, 2017 at 4:17 pm

    flying cars…..no need toll…

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