VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM Japanese startup SkyDrive have teamed up with the Suzuki Motor Corporation to commercialise the flying car, the two firms announced last Tuesday (22March2022). SkyDrive is a leading manufacturer of flying cars in Japan and has tested a compact electric-powered flying car - with plans on full-scale production for a two-seater version. SkyDrive and Suzuki will start consideration to collaborate in areas of business and technology that include technology R&D, planning of manufacturing and mass-production systems, development of overseas markets with an initial focus on India, and promotion of efforts to attain carbon neutrality. SkyDrive aims to launch air taxi service during the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan, as well as to initiate service in other regions of Japan. For Suzuki, the aim of the partnership is to widen their offerings beyond the motorcycles, cars, and outboard motors for boats they currently offer. The company aims to remain indispensable to people by staying closely attuned to lives and providing mobility. The partnership with SkyDrive will provide Suzuki with opportunities to explore and potentially add flying cars as a fourth mobility business. SkyDrive’s flying car is designed to vertically take off and land with superb stability and this emission-free electric vehicle enables fast and safe door-to-door transportation anywhere, including uses for emergency rescue. The Model SD-05 is currently under development and eyed as an air taxi for World Expo 2025 in Osaka. SkyDrive recently advanced toward commercialisation with the Japanese transportation ministry’s acceptance of its type certificate application for SD-05 -- a major milestone that no other flying vehicle developers have reached in Japan. They have already demonstrated their SD-03 model - and exhibited at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. “The SD-03 model is the culmination of our expertise in drone technologies and aerodynamic engi || Min