Hover Cars are getting closer...

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Kramerman


we would also still need roads for all of us poor people who will still have to use old fassioned forms or transportation.

You mean, like feet ?

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Spiffor

You mean, like feet ?

feet, cars, bikes, riding mounts, etc

[JohnT]

Dammit, where's my jetpack???? No hover cars until I get my jetpack!!!

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Sava
Hover Cars... it won't happen.

Reminder: People can run over other people with cars. People can blow up their car in a building.

Hover cars......it WILL happen!

[Elok]

Ah, I just read the title, assumed the reference was to standard hovercraft, and rushed off my last post. Whoops.
If we're really talking about something like miniature planes, which seems to be the case, there couldn't be a traffic jam as such; planes need to stay moving to stay in the sky, right? Maybe some kind of helicopter would do the trick, though the energy expenditures involved sound ridiculous and ultimately pointless, at least to me.

[Giant_Squid]

Any idea how much these are going to cost?

[Kramerman]

The article said at first when they are in limited production for military use and special order, the cost would be around 500,000. But after they go into mass production, their volume would allow the price to drop to around $60,000 to $80,000, as much as a luxury or high performance vehicle.