Japanese automaker Toyota has decided to participate in the financing of a flying car project developed by a group of young engineers who dream of seeing their vehicle lighting the Olympic flame of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.This group, which was born in 2012 under the name Cartivator, announced this weekend that it gathered 42.5 million yen (about 345,000 euros) for the next three years from 15 companies of the Toyota group, including the company itself .The engineers involved, from different companies, say they develop this futuristic car christened "SkyDrive" in their spare time. "By 2018 we plan to finish a prototype," said Tsubasa Nakamura, technical director of Cartivator, for whom the aim is "to light the flame at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games.""We want to create a world where anyone can fly in the sky any time by 2050," in order to unlock urban transport, particularly in developed countries, where the number of drivers increases rapidly, project proponents explain."To make our vision real, we need to develop a flying car that can take off and land vertically, without the need for special tracks," they added."SkyDrive", 2.90 m long and 1.30 m wide, can fly at 100 km / ha at a height of 10 meters and on three wheels at 150 km / h, with a single pilot driver on board, According to program details posted on the internet.Other big companies have recently begun to imagine flying cars. The Uber American service announced in April a series of partnerships through which it expects to achieve the first demonstrations of a futuristic system and transportation by 2020 using small aircraft.Google co-founder Larry Page also appreciates the idea and supports such projects as the European group Airbus
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