XTurismo (flying motorcycle)

2021: Start Sales

On October 26, 2021, sales of a motorcycle flying at a speed of 100 km/h worth $680 thousand began. This product was developed by a company A.L.I. Technologies funded by the famous Japan football player Keisuke Honda.

Hoverbike XTurismo Limited Edition from the Tokyo firm A.L.I. Technologies, which specializes in unmanned motorcycles, is equipped with a conventional engine and four engines that run on batteries. The company notes that the motorcycle will fly for 40 minutes, as well as at a maximum speed of up to 100 km/h. On the hoverbike above the propellers there is a body similar to a motorcycle one, when the hoverbike is stationary, then it rests on landing skids.

XTurismo flying motorcycle

So far, the choice has been to move on the ground or on the scale of the sky. We hope to propose a new mode of movement that will combine these two movements in one of our devices. XTurismo Limited Edition will be made on the basis of serial models, and refinement will be separately, according to the needs and wishes of the customer, "said A.L.I. CEO. Technologies Daisuke Katano.

The sponsors of the startup are Mitsubishi Electric and Kyocera. Having demonstrated a motorcycle and made a short flight at a height of several meters above the ground on a race track near Mount Fuji in Japan. In the country, strict safety regulations constrain the development of sectors such as vehicle sharing. According to Katano, those awaiting revision of the rule may also expand the scope of hoverbikes, but on October 27, 2021, the motorcycle of a Japanese startup will not be allowed to fly over congested roads in Japan. On the other hand, according to him, rescue teams can use this motorcycle to get to hard-to-reach areas and this was already visible during testing.^[1]

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