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Toyota Backs Effort To Build Flying Car To Light Olympics Cauldron

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One of the world’s largest automakers is entering the flying-car race. Fifteen Toyota Group companies, including Toyota Motor Corporation, have pledged financial support to Cartivator Resource Management, a Japanese non-profit organization that is developing a flying car called SkyDrive.

“I would like to thank all those that have supported us until now and to extend a heart-felt thank you to our new supporters from the Toyota Group,” Tsubasa Nakamura, founder of Cartivator, said in a press release. “This activity is an effort to make a dream vehicle — a flying car that gives dreams which connects to the next generation…”

Toyota’s financial backing, which includes 42.