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Title    Hoverbike Makes its US Debut at Detroit Auto Show
Date    Thursday September 22 2022, @01:01AM
Author    hubie
Topic   
from the and-you-thought-Hogs-were-loud dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/09/21/1224233

upstart writes:

Hoverbike Makes Its US Debut at Detroit Auto Show - ExtremeTech:

XTURISMO is the latest development out of AERWINS, a Japanese air mobility startup. While the hoverbike's center indeed looks like a street bike, it's surrounded by large fans, lending the vehicle the overall appearance of a massive, rideable drone. The 300-kilogram (661-pound) hoverbike is powered by both an internal combustion engine and a battery, which together lend XTURISMO its 40-kilometer (24.8-mile) cruising range. XTURISMO can zip around at speeds up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour while carrying payloads (AKA drivers) up to 100 kilograms, or 220 pounds.

[...] Though XTURISMO's range and speed are undoubtedly lower than some aspirational hoverbike drivers would hope for, the technology has to start somewhere, and mild freeway speeds aren't a terrible place to start. Of course, none of that matters if you're turned off by XTURISMO's $777,000 price tag...and its lack of availability in the US. Because Japan doesn't consider XTURISMO to be a type of aircraft, special licenses aren't required to drive it there, and Japanese residents can begin buying and driving the hoverbike as soon as they wish.

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  1. "upstart" - https://soylentnews.org/~upstart/
  2. "Hoverbike Makes Its US Debut at Detroit Auto Show - ExtremeTech" - https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/339664-hoverbike-makes-its-us-debut-at-detroit-auto-show
  3. "Action video" - https://youtu.be/-iqCuM226HE
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=56932

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