Akihabara News (Tokyo) — A.L.I. Technologies is now accepting customer orders for the XTurismo Limited Edition hoverbike at a price tag of ¥77.7 million (US$680,000).
It is equipped with a conventional gasoline engine and four battery-powered motors. The company has also revealed that the top speed is 100 kilometers per hour.
The maximum flight time is recorded as being 40 minutes, in line with previous announcements.
At Tuesday’s well-attended launch event, the hoverbike’s ability to fly was demonstrated for a gaggle of journalists at Fuji Speedway. The craft lifted only about five meters off the ground, moved slowly through the air for a little over a minute, and its propellers were rather loud, but it definitely can do at least the basics of what has been advertised.
The XTurismo Limited Edition is about 3.7 meters long and weighs about 300 kilograms.
Japanese law will not allow hoverbikes to be flown over the streets of the cities. For the time being owners would be limited to locations such as the race track where the press demonstration took place.
The company previously announced that customer deliveries would begin by the end of 2022.
During its recent exhibition in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Akihabara News took the following video footage of the craft.
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