---
title: "Watch This Flying Car Nail Its Flight Demonstration"
description: "A flying car created by Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. and startup Cartivator just hovered 10 feet off the ground for a full minute."
date: "2019-08-06"
modified: "2019-08-06"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-flying-car-nail-flight-demonstration"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "flying car"
  - "Japan"
  - "nec corp."
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch This Flying Car Nail Its Flight Demonstration

![A flying car created by Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. and startup Cartivator just hovered 10 feet off the ground for a full minute.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/watch-flying-car-nail-flight-demonstration.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Kyodo News Plus via YouTube\</em\>*

## Float On

On Monday, Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp demonstrated its flying car by hovering it 10 feet off the ground for a full minute — putting Japan one step closer to its goal of being the [world leader in flying vehicles](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-cars-japan>).

“Japan is a densely populated country and that means flying cars could greatly alleviate the burden on road traffic," Kouji Okada, a project leader at NEC, [told *Bloomberg*](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-05/new-japanese-flying-car-gets-off-the-ground-for-about-a-minute>). “We are positioning ourselves as an enabler for air mobility, providing location data and building communications infrastructure for flying cars.”

https://youtu.be/GBz_rk6yFTU

## Safety First

NEC spent about a year developing the battery-powered flying car alongside Japanese startup Cartivator, which plans to begin mass producing the vehicle in 2026.

During Monday's demonstration, the pair of developers enclosed the car in a large cage to ensure it wouldn't hurt anyone if it decided to go rogue. Thankfully, everything went as hoped, with the 330-pound vehicle using its four propellers to lift off the ground without incident.

The pair will now focus on working out the remaining kinks with the vehicle — but at least they know one thing for sure: the flying car can indeed fly.

**READ MORE:** [New Japanese Flying Car Gets Off the Ground, for About a Minute](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-05/new-japanese-flying-car-gets-off-the-ground-for-about-a-minute>) \[*Bloomberg*\]

**More on flying cars:** *[Japan Wants to Be the First Place Where Flying Cars Are Standard Because of Course](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-cars-japan>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)