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Flying bike XTURISMO debuts in USA

by | Sep 19, 2022 | Indian-American

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Where we were growing up in the 90’s and 2000’s the future of mobility was very often depicted with flying cars, pods and bikes. Many touted to have flying cars by 2020 like in the science fiction movies but thanks but no thanks to Greta Thunberg and climate change activists/advocates what we got in 2020’s was electric cars. Since the dialogue about climate change and vehicular pollution took air, the paradigm of future mobility shifted from the flying future to electric and clean mobility. With this one thing became clear that if the majority of the R&D budget was going to shift to electrifying the mobility sector then there weren’t enough resources left to venture into the flying personal mobility space.

The flying cars and bikes seemed like a vision too far from the near future but some companies kept working on this vision. One such company is a Japanese startup by the name of AERWINS Technologies. They have developed the XTURISMO hoverbike, a flying bike or a human flying cluster of drones.

AERWINS Technologies XTURISMO hoverbike debuted last week in Motown at the Detroit Auto Show 2022 which took place for the first time since the pandemic set in. The XTURISMO hoverbike can fly for 40 minutes and can reach a speed of 100 kmph.
The AERWINS Technologies XTURISMO hoverbike is already on sale in Japan and will be launched in the United States of America next year.

Thad Szott, Co-chair Detroit Auto Show experienced the XTURISMO hoverbike and said, “I feel like I’m literally 15 years old and I just got out of ‘Star Wars’ and jumped on their bike. I mean, it’s awesome! Of course, you have a little apprehension, but I was just so amped. I literally had goosebumps and feel like a little kid.”

Shuhei Komatsu, founder and CEO of AERWINS Technologies told that the XTURISMO hoverbike currently has a price tag of $777,000 but the he company hopes to get the cost down to $50,000 for a smaller, electric model by 2025.

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