Toyota is Exploring Flying cars

Toyota is currently working on some new tech that will raise some of its cars a bit over the ground to increase efficiency 

Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota is investigating the possibility of flying cars, according to Toyota’s technical administration group managing officer Hiroyoshi Yoshiki in an interview with «The Verge». He said that the company has been studying a similar idea of flying cars at one of its "most advanced" research and development areas, but cautioned that the concept was not like actually flying around in three-dimensional space. Instead, he said, the plan is to get the car "a little bit away'' from the road to reduce friction, similar to a hovercraft.

Research into cars that might be capable of hovering just above the road for improved efficiency is being conducted at one of Toyota’s “most advanced” research and development areas. On the other hand, making a road-going car completely hover above ground would make it too uncontrollable, so don’t imagine the Prius without any wheels just yet. Instead, the company wants to lift the weight of the car a bit more from the wheels.

Yoshiki did not reveal when the research began, its current status or potential for entering the mass market. In the immediate future, the company is focused on turning out automobiles powered by hydrogen fuel cells. 

Yoshiki said that the company is ''now very serious'' about the technology which only emits water vapor. Toyota showed off a prototype with a range of 310 miles at CES in January.

 “We believe not only for gas mileage, but for emissions and global warming, that technology is essential to meeting the big challenge,” he said.