Hover bikes to take off by 2022
Japanese start-up sees prop-powered hover bikes as a solution to poor roadsA Japanese venture company aims to have hover motorbikes on the roads by 2022.
The CEO of A.L.I. Technologies, Shuhei Komatsu, previewed the technology in Japan this week and hopes to have the first “flying bikes” with customers in three years.
"We'll create a (flying) bike first, in order to get flying cars widely used in society eventually," Komatsu said.
The machine is aimed at emerging economies with poor road infrastructure and is expected to be priced close to the cost of a light car.
A.L.I. Technologies already builds small drones and Komatsu says the hover bike is “an ensemble of drone technologies”.
The hover bike uses horizontally mounted propellers to hover around 12cm above the ground. Komatsu says artificial intelligence and sensors will let it stay at the desired altitude irrespective of the terrain.
To see the typically Japanese animation of the hover bike, click here
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