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Lexus Hoverboard Elevated to New Heights

Lexus Hoverboard Elevated to New Heights

Date: 2015-08-21
Lexus has completed a full and final reveal of its innovative hoverboard following a successful testing phase in Cubelles, Barcelona, Spain.

The hoverboard, which was first unveiled in June via a teaser film, has been 18 months in development through a collaboration between scientists from IFW Dresden and evico GmbH, which specialise in magnetic levitation technology.

The Lexus hoverboard technology features two "cryostats" - reservoirs in which superconducting material is kept at minus 197 degrees through immersion in liquid nitrogen.

The board is then placed above a track that contains permanent magnets.

Dr Oliver de Hass, CEO of evico, said the technology enabled the hoverboard rider to carry out a variety of stunts and tricks.

Pro skateboarder and Lexus hoverboard test rider Ross McGouran tested the hoverboard in Dresden and then amongst the dynamic surroundings of Lexus' purpose-built hoverpark in Barcelona. McGouran said riding the Lexus hoverboard was unique.

"I've spent 20 years skateboarding, but without friction it feels like I've had to learn a whole new skill, particularly in the stance and balance in order to ride the hoverboard," he said. "It's a whole new experience."