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of being a part of mind your own calm. out of the most people who can. sort it all. you've got a fairly good no. music i mean you look at yourself a little bit. maybe your dream is to be james bond or at least drive his car. well i'm not james bond and i'm sure that i would drive a lot foster than james bond does i think we both will as we are better drivers than is full of. his dream is to build cars that you've never seen the full moon for you go bald you can probably there's a few movie before hope. among the coal you needed to help me i'll fall off my completeness with the fleet 102. between you. and what's your bringing.

up every year. to do the bullshit. read that make your dreams come true. or not. i want a flying car. i can just as. this is amazing guys fancy flying taxi to whisk you to your office for your next appointment these prototypes carry the promise of a new era in mobility my name is cassandra bo and i'm ready for takeoff. and just time travel into the future some experts say flying cars will reduce traffic jams in urban areas lower pollution and say travel today and get

exclusive access to one of the developing companies and to find out more about their technology in 2020 this single seater prototype had its 1st pilot test like staying up for about 4 minutes at 10 meters above ground not long but that could change soon the makers of sky drive want their big old to be market ready by 2023 as an air taxi approach japan's main island on shoes. when i think of flying cars i think of back to the future disney's meet the robinsons and my childhood cartoon the jetsons these movies and t.v. shows kind of shape an employer and what i think a flying car would look like and how it will be operated i can't believe that our side by magination as now becoming reality my team and i are on our way to sky. we've had to sign

a non-disclosure agreement about the tech you're about to see and even the secret location of the research facility. is just one of about 80 companies around the world working feverishly on each or electric vertical and take off landing aircraft that includes global players in the automobile and aviation industries these service giants such as and smaller startups like japan sky drive or germany's. supporters say that they can help solve the traffic problems of today and future megacities at the lower environmental and financial cost and helicopters critics argue that the technology and necessary infrastructure are practically on affordable that flying cars in the end will be only for the elite it's about 4 hours by train in car from tokyo i find myself in a mountainous countryside in prefecture no sign of high tech robots in flying cars yet but i'm secretly hoping i get to take off today.

who are coming up here was already quite in the venture but right now i'm standing in front of the are in the center of sky drive and the location is top secret the air mobility start up was founded in 2012 and is backed up by toyota and behind these doors is where the magic happens so let's go in and take off and here it is sky drives prototype unlike helicopters it has 8 small plates distributed over 4 axis which is supposed to be quieter with a smaller turning circle sky drive c.e.o. showed me around i soon found out no pilot's license test flight for me. their travel is available but still inconvenient so our goal is to create a compact and quiet aircraft that allows people to use the sky on a daily basis. and if all goes according to plan sky drive will use its flying cars

taxis and medical rescue but many technical hurdles remain. our current prototype is 8 motors. with 8 motors even if one fails the other ones can still carry the aircraft. more motors provide more safety. however if you increase the number of motors you also have to build a much bigger. goal is to figure out the right number of motors needed to ensure a safety net at the same time keep the aircraft as compact as possible. in china and japan expectations taxis will be quite spread in the near future are growing but is it just tight for example aviation laws require aircraft to have

a reserve flight time of at least 30 minutes that's beyond the reach of current prototypes which manage around 20 minutes that's because current battery technology can not deliver enough power over such a long period and because batteries means more weight to keep air but. another potential opponent is the weather such aircraft cannot fly in windy or very rainy conditions. but i think that safety is a big part but since this is an aircraft it can only be flown with approval by the ministry of land infrastructure transport and tourism under the civil aeronautics act. in order to obtain this approval we need to achieve the same level of safety as passenger planes made by companies such as air bus or boeing you know. then there's the question of how to integrate e.v.t. aircraft into conventional air. track one approach is clear defined paths from

a to b. with dance needed landing pads for example on skyscrapers this would of course require intense cooperation with regional aviation authorities not to mention complex tech infrastructure that requires a high level of automation. trouble with remote driving there's no need for a pilot so it's very close to automated driving and eventually it will become fully automated and the aircraft will fly by itself i'd like to turn that into reality in about 5 years from the start of the service i'm going to get it it's going to. be optimism it's infectious even though i missed out on a test flight i'm already dreaming of crossing tokyo bay in a flying car in the next couple of years. also told me sky drive has a 2 seater in the works. this has been quite a journey i learned a lot about flying cars and i even got said to warn but let's be

clear the ultimate goal for these vehicles is autonomy's fly and until that happens there are a number. of goals that we have to overcome and even more importantly these projects depend heavily on public acceptance of the dream of flying carefree about the traffic it's getting closer but i do wonder can these concepts aircrafts reach the mass market and actually fix urban gridlock as for the here and now my way back to tokyo is still pretty fast on the sheen concept so you now. say i. am sure that i will drive a lot faster than james bond playing a different team you know maybe james holmes will. every day like.

the it's a mixture of science fiction and science fact excite people and maybe surprise people as well. sebastian facts will make it good james bond. is just going to need. a full time good champion on the tail of her majesty's most famous secret agent. for years aston martin has supplied james bond's cars now the british luxury brand is trying its hand at formula one again a new car was presented by drive his land stroll and sebastian festival and the man who plays gong to on screen here's a word from paul james fellow daniel craig here i just want to send a massive congratulations to all of aston martin for getting back on to the f one group the 1st time since 1961

a moment in front of sebastian vettel full time school champion out of the 2 of you who is james bond. the both of you but that will be it will go in like double 07 high and that will. exactly what little button does the machine guns on the side of the shot see the women at the competition the big difference from the previous cars that i drove and i think it's me for this you know all the buttons inside the cockpit. put down those 7 aston martin d v 5 kitted out with machine guns smoke machines and grow chasing nonsense plates . full of things an agent needs to shake off his rivals. even 5 made it cinema debut in 1964 in goldfinger it was the start of a beautiful friendship. physically tesh it has written several books. the

relationship between james bond's cars and he would have actually been destroyed. i think that without james bond aston martin would have gone under when the 1st film came out the car had a sensational effect it was the ultimate men's toy and suddenly they had so many orders they couldn't keep up with. sammy davis jr wrote a blank check and said give me that card i have to have it pop stars many pop stars and celebrities immediately ordered an aston martin paul mccartney bought one mick jagger bought one called. james bond driving his aston martin d b 5 always got away no matter who was chasing him. until 994 that is when a red ferrari showed up in the rearview mirror in golden eye. the production company had decided to build the italian measuring legend into its story lines.

they came here we discussed their use of the crowd it was in the james bond style about the not then general with a nice woman and that is important. still a crucial adjustment was needed to win over ferrari to the idea. this occasion a woman protagonist over ferrari and overtakes him sprawling so she won and that was good for last. year. the most it is even an aston martin doesn't overtake the ferrari. in this formula one season sebastian facial is determined to break that convention . confident we can overtake him more than one ferrari next season so yeah let's see how we get on. you know i'm not too bothered about ferrari

i'm not i think much more i'm looking on our side that we are able to extract the maximum potential so working together closely with a team trying to improve the car looking you know being obsessed about trying to find a detail that helps us to improve. going into one cause that changing all the time to keep up with technological developments. these modern racing cars are at the cutting edge so james bond's cars in fleming who created the character made sure of that. learning how can leming had a thing for cars and technology and he was happy to get expert advice what's possible today and what might be possible in the future and one of the ideas was a radar track or i need to involve. more what a forerunner to a modern navigation system. sometimes

briefly swaps his old as demolishing classic for modern day com usually when futuristic technology is with quiet. he wants to have the b.m.w. by remote control in a high speed car chase around a parking garage. and there's still no such thing as a remote controlled car operated by cellphone doesn't but the idea is there is it theoretically possible it's a mixture of science fiction and science fact could it work yes let's take the idea a little bit further. and this snake which shaped notices spree came in handy when don needed a cot that could go under. the design of the production designer happened to see this car parked on the studio grounds and so. if we need

a submarine car i can make something of that 100 of us and get the whole. once just once james bond as she would technology and slammed it in a red no 2 c.v. and. think through very short bursts him feel a bit like james bond myself. but it's not as if james bond was on his own and that 1st it was his partner molina who drove on. just one. of these are able. to work but you got the feeling that the car could handle all sorts of terrain. even off road ridden the. best is that was part of the idea to get rivals the slip with the 2 c.v. on typical terrain for going it was

a one off not exactly typical james bond 01 of the new troopers pretty james on. what is typical bond is that the films have served as launch pads for other aston martin models or testing ground swell pressure times the d b 10 was specially developed but as to martin's engineers prospects. now that it's back to measure racing in which the british brand has a proud history numerous victories in the lamar 24 hour race testify to that. in the late 1950 s. aston martin also spent 2 seasons in formula one. and now it's back again. people are very excited obviously bringing aston martin back to formula one after 61 years it's great you know the team is based in the u.k. in england so obviously all the british people. its size is about the return what

obviously is this great heritage in the brand of us tomato and it's very british and obviously james bond works for the. for the queen is. reason enough for james bond never to drive a ferrari. where the bomb goes the aston martin d b 5 is never far away for example they were 10 d.b. fives at the set of no time to dine in the italian city of. bond has always been faithful to his aston martin. but i mean he's got nothing else to look on because all his personal relationships have ended or died over the years as he's a widower. record 140 he has no luck with women. women have no luck with him or fall there is one thing he logs till death do us part as

it were a good thing and that's his aston martin d b 5 for. the beloved aston martin gets put to the test again in the latest film. action is the key to bond success at the box office. and the most spectacular car chases down to the stuntman they take over from daniel craig when the going gets tough. the stunt men are the unsung heroes of the james bond franchise without them james bond films would never have been what they are on food and food carts. sebastien fish all tried his asked in monson himself no matter what the conditions this is just a matter of time until his formula one calm thing aston martin a.m.r. 21 makes its 1st appearance in a james bond film. well i don't know i think there's a new film now standing for. last year was postponed to this year so i don't know

if probably it will be in the next one. just doesn't make sense the idea of a james bond film is that he's put under pressure he gets into tricky situations and has to defend himself i can't think of anything more boring than a formula one car in a james bond film this long finding this engines one from. it all depends on the formula one calls a role in the movie. james bond and i'm sure that i would drive a lot faster than james bond does i think we both will as we are better drivers than. no question about that just about jim fassel is likely to drive the aston martin faster than anyone else before him whether he can steal the show from james bond not some other story

2 2. if you want more risk of check out our you tube channel if you want regular features about new cars and car culture and about mobility around the world rich can make you very happy. and kids classics and future attack are just some of the exciting content waiting for you subscribe to watch at youtube slash d w rev and you'll always be up to speed. this pastel yellow bin to car is a tribute to 1938 model when swiss designer frank interconnection builds a car he wants to make people dream. to fall back on david long i've always been motivated and enthusiastic about indeed. mobility my entire life it's

my passion to own or build vehicles that look different. to me that means looking a little out of the box and being a bit crazy for me. is the head of the swiss company when speed near zurich it's known for technological innovations in the automotive industry and turns heads with its unusual concept cars. like the 2007 texas created by experimenting with new materials. the axis this is the only transparent glass well actually plastic vehicle in the world. every year when speed launches a prototype meant to provide new impetus for the automotive industry. i want to spread ideas and impulses and try to motivate and stir positive emotions our

standard is actually part of the company name meaning speed fast thinking ahead. for. the company car lovers attention in 1996 with its yellow tie which combined in the style jack and futuristic elements at the time the focus was on extravagant design but later on extraordinary functions like with the ambiguous vehicle splash which plane a connection used to cross the english channel in record time in 2006. my driving force was a dream from my youth that i'd been seized by to drive across the english channel in my own car. i believed in my dream i didn't give up and that really spurred me on in life. would. it help to make another dream come true in 2008 when the enthusiastic diver builds a car that can also drive under. water in the scuba the 1st car in the world that

can die in a connection and his employees move around like fish in lake zurich. for water temperatures of around 3 degrees celsius so it's really cold. when you're sat inside you're so full of adrenaline and everyone expected it not to work so. everything worked out well. from all our cars the scooba has remained iconic it just shows how emotional mobility can be. over the last decade in the k'nex prototypes have mostly been beacons of mobility of the future the vehicles in his snap series are modular systems which can be easily transformed from self driving passenger cars to cargo vehicles. sustainable designs environmentally friendly. has this crazy inventor become

a realist. crazy doesn't exclude sustainability we're still trying to be both and this and so i enjoy being called crazy as in german that also means i get things moving. into connex inventions are a unique chapter in the history of cars. in the past 25 years the world has changed my cars have changed and i myself have changed each vehicle was a sign of the times and they were all important cars of course i would construct all 26 of them differently today. and enthusiastic the world over are eagerly waiting to see what franklin a connex next concept car will look like.

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