 Hover cars could actually become a thing. That's right, the cars that float above the ground could become a reality. I'm Nathan Seichert, and this is 90 Seconds on the Verge. This week at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit in San Francisco, Toyota's hero, Yoshi Yoshiki, confirmed that the company has been investigating the possibility of vehicles that hover just above the road. Yoshiki declined to elaborate on how far along Toyota was in the investigation, or if it ever plans on bringing the hover cars to market, but he did make sure to note that these cars would just float a little bit off the ground in an effort to reduce friction and improve efficiency. Hover cars are a long-running science fiction trope. From Star Wars to Total Recall and even video games like F-Zero, people have dreamed of floating cars for a long time. Although generally speaking, they don't fly more than a few feet off the ground at most. And our efforts to actually build hover cars dates back decades. Curtis Wright made two working prototypes for the US military. The Model 2500 created an air cushion that lifted 10 to 15 inches off the ground and had a max speed of 38 miles per hour. But the idea was quickly abandoned, since it couldn't really do all terrain. For more on hover cars, check out The Verge. Coming up tomorrow. Stop, stop, stop. Don't. Don't say coming up tomorrow. It never happens. But think about it. It has happened. Remember episode one? We'll be back tomorrow when we're taking a look at hover boards. They're cool, but are they safe? Yeah, but I mean, hover boards aren't exactly. Nathan. Nathan? Nathan, where is everybody?
 Hover cars could actually become a thing.
 That's right, the cars that float above the ground
 could become a reality.
 I'm Nathan Seichert, and this is 90 Seconds on the Verge.
 This week at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit
 in San Francisco, Toyota's hero, Yoshi Yoshiki,
 confirmed that the company has been investigating
 the possibility of vehicles that hover just above the road.
 Yoshiki declined to elaborate on how far along Toyota was
 in the investigation, or if it ever plans on bringing
 the hover cars to market, but he did make sure to note
 that these cars would just float a little bit off the ground
 in an effort to reduce friction and improve efficiency.
 Hover cars are a long-running science fiction trope.
 From Star Wars to Total Recall and even video games
 like F-Zero, people have dreamed of floating cars
 for a long time.
 Although generally speaking, they don't fly more than
 a few feet off the ground at most.
 And our efforts to actually build hover cars
 dates back decades.
 Curtis Wright made two working prototypes
 for the US military.
 The Model 2500 created an air cushion that lifted 10 to 15
 inches off the ground and had a max speed
 of 38 miles per hour.
 But the idea was quickly abandoned,
 since it couldn't really do all terrain.
 For more on hover cars, check out The Verge.
 Coming up tomorrow.
 Stop, stop, stop.
 Don't.
 Don't say coming up tomorrow.
 It never happens.
 But think about it.
 It has happened.
 Remember episode one?
 We'll be back tomorrow when we're taking
 a look at hover boards.
 They're cool, but are they safe?
 Yeah, but I mean, hover boards aren't exactly.
 Nathan.
 Nathan?
 Nathan, where is everybody?