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A hovercar is a transport vehicle appearing in works of science fiction. It is used for personal transportation in the same way a modern automobile is employed. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
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It is incapable of flying but does elevate itself some distance from the ground through some unspecified repulsion technology, presumably exploiting some short range anti-gravity principle. The capability of hovering above the ground eliminates the need for tires and avoiding, for example, rocks that might make the car unstable and flip over. Unlike an air cushion vehicle this does not produce a dust cloud.
The closest real-world device is the hovercraft, which elevates itself above a water or level hard surface using a cushion of air retained by a flexible skirt. Such devices are not considered to be hovercars, however — that term is used only for the fictional device. Examples of hovercars can be found in many science fiction movies such as Star Wars and Star Trek, and some futuristic videogames, most notably the F-Zero series. BHC SR-N4 The worlds largest car and passenger carrying hovercraft A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth...
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Examples from science fiction
An aircraft that can replace the automobile is still an object of fantasy and speculation. Such a flying car would have to be very easy to fly safely and be able to operate from driveways and parking lots with little or no special preparation. The flying car persists as a common science fiction theme. Driveway to a farm A driveway is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and maintained by an individual or group. ...
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Science fiction has a number of common concepts and themes that have been reused by numerous authors. ...
- Flying cars and other wingless floating vehicles are common in many science fiction movies and series that depict a technologically advanced future, including Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Minority Report, Futurama and The Matrix.
- One of the most iconic flying cars is the De Lorean from the film Back to the Future Part II, which underwent "hover conversion" while time-traveling in the future. In the film, "hover-converted" cars have become popular by the year 2015. In the Back to the Future films, the hovercars are capable of sustained flight. The Back to the Future series also features a "hoverboard", which resembles a skateboard in the same way that a hovercar resembles an automobile, and a steam locomotive which also undergoes a hover conversion.
- The Star Wars series contains several variations on the hovercar, including the landspeeder and the speeder bike, which is a hover version of a motorcycle. Hover vehicles in the Star Wars universe levitate due to "repulsorlift" technology.
- Matthew Reilly's Hover Car Racer features hovercars which use electromagnetic devices to hover.
- The Neutrinos in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series also use flying cars.
- The hovercars of Punchbowl Pennsylvania, USA all seem, to look like normal cars with wheels that even roll. However, the wheels are merely landing gear for the cars. When the cars start up, the wheels will turn so their fronts will point downward, and an unidentified propulsion system will levitate them above the ground, with what appears to be steam coming out of the cars when they're hovering.
Blade Runner is an influential 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, adapted from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. ...
The Fifth Element (1997) is a science fantasy, action, comedy, techno thriller film, written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. ...
The Minority Report (The) Minority Report is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick first published in 1956. ...
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The Matrix is a science fiction / action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano and Hugo Weaving. ...
The De Lorean DMC-12 is an Irish sports car which was manufactured by the De Lorean Motor Company from 1981 through 1983. ...
Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and is the second part of the Back to the Future trilogy. ...
2015 (MMXV) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ...
Opening logo to the Star Wars films Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the 1970s. ...
Landspeeders are the Star Wars equivilent of automobiles. ...
The term speeder bike describes any of a variety of small personal transport vehicles in the fictional Star Wars universe that use repulsorlift engines to hover above the ground and move very rapidly. ...
Motorcyclists take a break from the road A motorcycle or motorbike is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an engine. ...
A repulsorlift is an anti-gravity technology in the fictional Star Wars universe, capable of levitating any object to which it is applied. ...
Matthew John Reilly, (born 2 July 1974 in Sydney), is an Australian action/thriller writer. ...
Hover Car Racer is a popular Sci-fi/Sports/Action story written by Australian author Matthew Reilly, first published by Pan MacMillan in 2004. ...
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For the main character see, Edward Stubbs Stubblefield Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, or simply Stubbs the Zombie, is a third-person zombie game developed by Wideload Games, published by Aspyr Media, and built on the Halo engine. ...
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