There’s going to be something new at the 2022 North American International Auto Show.
Known as the Detroit Auto Show, the show will feature an “Air Mobility Experience” that showcases “the sky’s the limit” in future mobility, according to organizers.
The “Show Above the Show” will feature flight demonstrations and displays by six companies, including Light Sport Aircraft manufacturer ICON Aircraft.
Besides the ICON A5, other air mobility technologies that will be at the show include:
- AIR from Tel Aviv, Israel, will display its AIR ONE two-seater eVTOL aircraft that is designed to “drive the sky.” AIR will also invite auto show visitors to “fly” in the cockpit of AIR ONE by way of a virtual reality simulator.
- Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) from Detroit will display its Sigma-6 eVTOL aircraft.
- AERWINS Technologies from Wilmington, Delaware and A.L.I. Technologies from Tokyo will make the U.S. debut of its XTURISMO Hoverbike. This hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle was inspired by the speeder bikes in “Star Wars.”
- Gravity Industries from Salisbury, England, will showcase its patented Jet Suit that produces 1,000 horsepower.
- Omni Hoverboards from Montreal, Canada, will demonstrate its eVTOL Hoverboard.
Flight demonstrations of the XTURISMO, Gravity Jet Suit, ICON A5, and Omni Hoverboard begin Sept. 14, 2022, and run through Sept. 18.
Air Mobility displays featuring AIR ONE, ASX’s Sigma-6, and the ICON A5 will be featured inside Huntington Place for the entire run of the show (Sept. 14-25), according to organizers.
“This exciting addition to the show is a natural extension of the evolving transportation ecosystem, especially as people continue to look for creative ways to expand personal mobility,” said Detroit Auto Show Chairman Joe Lunghamer. “We’ll give auto show audiences a taste of the future today with a look at the whole spectrum of mobility — from the thrill of human propulsion to amphibious vehicles you can keep in your backyard to EVs leading the industry’s transformation.”