Japan has taken a step towards realizing its dream of launching the aircraft in time for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 after investing from a major automobile company.
Toyota is financing a project to bring the world's smallest car flying into the sky using the latest UAV technology, and hopes to launch the model by the end of 2018 with the goal of using the aircraft in Tokyo Games in 2020.
The car is the brainchild of the Cartefator project, a group of young aerospace engineers based in the former school in Aichi, with significant support from group funding. The project is now preparing for a major boost after investment from Toyota, which reportedly plans to finance up to around £ 290,000.
The SkyDrive, a future vehicle, will have three wheels, four sets of fans and an automatic operating system. The new vehicle is expected to travel at speeds of about 62 mph, hovering up to 32.8 feet, the floor is 93 mph.
Noise issues, infrastructure creation, weather conditions and safety concerns are the main areas of focus of the automakers, so that they can accurately control their prototype. "We aim to create a world in which everyone can fly in the sky," Cartivator creatives said at their station on the Internet. At any time by 2050, "adding that their goal is to see a flying car used at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.