Rictor’s Skyrider X1 is equal parts motorcycle, quadcopter, and fantasy

According to Wikipedia, the first phrase “post-truth” was written by Steve Tisch in 1992 when referring to the political scandals after Watergate. Stevie has clearly never been to the Consumer Electronics Show, where the standards for saying verifiable things are a bit lower than they are in the rest of civil discourse. To name a few, a company called Rictor, which makes and sells one e-bike, the Rictor K1, is advertising Skyrider X1. A Bike cum quadcopter You can use it to zoom into the streets for one second, and into the sky for another. Which, as you all know, is a completely achievable thing for any consumer electronics company to be able to achieve by its promised launch date in 2026.

The Skyrider Quadcopter. All you have to do is take out the four arms, each containing two propeller blades, and you’ll be able to climb to a maximum height of 200 meters above the ground. Rector says safety is his top priority, including plenty of redundant systems and, if all else fails, a built-in parachute. In addition, the Skyrider X1 is capable of taking off and landing automatically, and can plan its optimal trajectory when in the air. On the company’s website, it says the X1 SL, with a 10.5 kWh battery, will have a 25-minute flight time, while the X1 SX, with its 21 kWh battery, will stay in the air for 40 minutes.

That’s pretty exciting, not to mention that the company says it’s aiming to sell the Skyrider You can buy one and use it to speed up DoorDash deliveries and earn some sweet money in tips. Maybe, when you open the pre-order page, you can save that money before heading to my new project, where I’ll sell you a bridge. Seriously, one of London’s many bridges, you’ll have it all to yourself, but you’ll need to arrange delivery and pay for shipping with a third party I haven’t invented yet.