Flying bike makes its first appearance at Detroit Auto Show [Watch]
A flying bike manufacture by Japanese company AERWINS Technologies made its debut in the United States on Thursday at the Detroit Auto Show. Touted as the world's first flying bike, the hoverbike pulled sharp comparison to the bikes of the popular movie Star Wars.
The manufacturing company have plans to launch the bike model next year. The flying bike has been named as XTURISMO hoverbike.
Here's the video:
This is the world's first flying bike. The XTURISMO hoverbike is capable of flying for 40 minutes and can reach speeds of up to 62 mph pic.twitter.com/ZPZSHJsmZm
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2022
The XTURISMO hoverbike can travel through the air for 40 minutes with a speed limit of up to 100 kph (62 miles per hour).
In Japan, the flying bike is already in the market for sale. As per the founder and CEO of AERWINS, Shuhei Komatsu, the company is planning to sell a smaller model in the US in 2023.
This flying bike comes with a massive price tag of $777,000 (over 6 crore INR). However, AERWINS founder said that the firm is trying to bring down the cost to $50,000 for a smaller, electric version but it will take 2-3 years and will be completed by 2025.
Co-chair of the Auto Show, Thad Szott, who took the bike for a test, stated that the experience of riding a hoverbike was “comfortable” and "exhilarating" and felt like it was something straight out of a sci-fi movie.
"I feel like I'm literally 15 years old and I just got out of 'Star Wars' and jumped on their bike," said Szott.
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First published: 16 September 2022, 14:25 IST