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  • 2012-06-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This Levitating Car from Volkswagen Real? (en)
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  • Readers sent us this inquiry: In May of 2011, automobile manufacturer Volkswagen announced the commencement of a People's Car Project in China which solicited Internet users in that country to submit ideas online for a Volkswagen model of the future: A year later, Volkswagen announced it had selected three entries from the more than 119,000 ideas submitted to develop further as concepts for display at Auto China 2012: a Music Car, a Hover Car, and a Smart Key: The levitating car shown in the video clip displayed above currently exists only as a concept that was given form for display at an automobile show in China; a working model of the vehicle as shown in the video does not exist. A second clip makes it clear that the original video was the product of the filmmaker's art (and some digital trickery) created to surprise the originator of the concept by seemingly bringing her idea to life: (en)
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