Toyota Considers Building an Actual Hover Car

It's not exactly The Jetsons, but it's close.

Toyota's managing officer Hiroyoshi Yoshiki said at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing conference in Sausalito, California on Tuesday that the company may build a hover car in the future.

The reasoning behind the concept is that a hover car would combat road friction and enhance efficiency, Yoshiki said. He didn't elaborate on what fuel source would power the vehicle

Although no solid plans have been made to build a prototype, the concept has been bandied about among Toyota's research and development teams, he added. Read more...