Japan recruits Subaru, Uber and Boeing to get flying cars off the ground

Japan recruits Subaru, Uber and Boeing to get flying cars off the ground

The Japanese hope to flesh out a road map for flying cars in this country by the end of the year.

Cartivator, a volunteer-based project in Japan, hopes to build a flying car with the backing of several companies, including Toyota and Panasonic.

1. In Europe, Airbus has partnered with Audi and Italdesign to create the Pop.Up concept, a vision of autonomous, electric urban air mobility.
2. Aston Martin has its own three-seat hybrid-electric personal podcraft concept.
3. Chinese Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the parent company of Volvo, has bought the U.S. flying car startup Terrafugia.
4. Uber Technologies is floating the idea of launching its own flying taxi service, called UberAir. Uber has proposed starting demo flights in 2020.

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UK air-taxi company takes flight, inspired by F1 racing advances

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