A Flying Motorbike Company Just Got Listed on the Nasdaq

A company that sells fly motorbikes just got listed on the Nasdaq , which mean that we ’re all live in The Jetsons now , fundamentally .

The Japanese society ALI Technologies sells the futurist XTURISMO , a so - called “ sumptuosity hoverbike , ” power by electricity , which are said to have been inspire by the hovercrafts from Star Wars . The XTURISMOs are 12 feet in length and can travel up to 60 mile per hour , according to the company .

Bloomberg News originallyreportedthat ALI ’s parent ship’s company , AERWINS , was in the process of merging with a blank check society , Pono Capital Corps , which had planned to take the commercial enterprise public . Apress releasepublished Friday say the merger was approved by company stockholder on January 27 and that it will get trade in on the Nasdaq Monday .

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As you might imagine , ALI ’s hoverbikes are reasonably nerveless looking for . They made their U.S.debutat the North American Auto Show in Detroit last year .

However , cool as they appear , the XTURISMOs definitely have some drawback . For one matter , the longest they can hover is only about 40 minutes , arrive at them not exactly the ideal cross state travel fomite . And , unless you ’ve get under one’s skin a ridiculous amount of money to burn up , you ’re unquestionably not going to be able-bodied to buy one : their current price shred is a cool $ 550,000 — establish them more or less a toy for the likes of Jeff Bezos .

You might be question how a troupe that sells ground-effect machine that cost half a million dollar apiece plans to make any actual money . ALI has market the XTURISMOs as “ a tool for rescue proletarian , infrastructure review and as a showpiece for public entertainment , ” Reutersreports . The caller has made one sale so far , the outlet notes . The business also sellsdrones , as well as drone software and swarm solutions .

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