According to a report in Japan's Asahi Shimbun on January 21,ToyotaSkyDrive, a Japanese start-up with capital injection, recently tested solo-driven flying cars for the first time. The company is committed to building the world's smallest flying car and hopes to publicly display its prototype this summer, launch a limited edition in 2023 and achieve mass production in 2026.

SkyDrive is committed to building the world's smallest flying car.

It is reported that SkyDrive recently conducted an indoor test of a flying car prototype at its Nagoya R & D center. In the past, many tests were conducted by remote control, but this is the first time that a single driver has carried out the test. However, the report did not mention the details or results of the test.

The founder of SkyDrive is Toyota Motor Corp's former engineer.

It is reported that SkyDrive, founded by Toyota Motor Corp's former engineer, received a capital injection of 40 million yen from Toyota in 2017 to build the "world's smallest flying car."

The flying car is lightweight and is driven by four horizontal propellers at the four corners of the chassis.

According to the concept map and basic data released by the company, the flying car is lightweight and driven by four horizontal propellers at the four corners of the chassis. It is 5 feet high and 12 feet long and 12 feet wide. According to the design plan, the car can reach a minimum altitude of 1 meter, a near-ground speed of 93 miles per hour and a high-altitude speed of 62 miles per hour.

SkyDrive says flying cars can not only ease traffic congestion in big cities such as Tokyo, but also carry out detection and rescue missions.

Compile / write: Chen Lin, a journalist from Nandu

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