how far are we from floating ?

Question

from the current technology and the recent breakthrough in science , how much closer are we to having a car that have no contact with ground?

Answer 1

2010

Answer 2

Not even close sorry to say. About the best we have come up with so far hovers on the air with a large air fan underneath it, and it doesn't work that well. Humanity will still be rolling around on 4-wheels for a while, that is unless there is a substantial breakthrough in the scientific world. The thing to remember is that most of our energy production is still essentially the combustion of fossil fuels, requiring a gasoline or diesel engine (for cars, I'm not discussing any aircraft which uses jet fuel, which is still a fossil fuel, but of a better quality). Anyways, gas and diesel engines are heavy, and the idea of them putting out the energy necessary to float and be efficient is almost comical. No offense on that last part, it just seems a bit silly for me. Anyways, back to the simple answer, unless there is some genious out there about to revolutionize the world, we are going to be ground base for a long time to come.

Answer 3

They are already producing cars that lift off the ground and move along with no contact on the ground and have made models that work,, they are still in the works but soon anyone will be able to purchase one,, very costly though

Answer 4

Depends on your definitions here. If you mean like the Jetson's, we're nowhere near it, and probably won't be for a long, long time.

But there are other vehicles that might answer your question. Look into hovercraft and the Mohler sky car.

Answer 5

Hovercraft just floats on land and also on water surface. Refer to the link below.