Toyota-supported flying car hopes to light the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame


  • TECH
  • Monday, 05 Jun 2017

Engineers of Cartivator are aiming to make their flying car the world's smallest electric vehicle.

TOYOTA CITY: Engineers, supported by Toyota Motor Corp, demonstrated their flying car on Saturday, which they hope will be able to light up the Olympic flame for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. 

Cartivator, a startup group of about 30 engineers including some young Toyota employees, started to develop a flying car SkyDrive in 2014 with the help of crowdfunding.   

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