Lexus reveal liquid nitrogen powered Hoverboard

Another reason not to get too excited yet – and hold off on getting that wallet ready for a pre-order – is that while the Lexus hoverboard is indeed working, its superconductivity lasts for only 20 minutes, after which the liquid nitrogen evaporates and loses its effect, as reported by The Verge. In the video, featured below, professional skateboarder Ross McGouran takes the Lexus hoverboard for a ride. Fast forward 26 years later, in 2015, Lexus introduces the Lexus Hoverboard. So Lexus made the very attainable, potential, ” one other wrote, referring to the Lexus tagline on the video, “We’ve made the inconceivable, attainable.

As it turns out, riding a hoverboard requires practice.

“The hoverboard is constructed from an insulated core, containing high-temperature superconducting blocks”.

The Lexus Hoverboard technology features two “cryostats” – reservoirs in which superconducting material is kept at -197 degrees through immersion in liquid nitrogen. When positioned on a magnetic monitor, the board floats, the press launch stated.

“The magnetic field from the track is effectively “frozen” into the superconductors in the board, maintaining the distance between the board and the track-essentially keeping the board hovering”, evico CEO Dr. Oliver de Haas says.

The Hoverboard was conceived and fabricated for the Slide segment of Lexus’ fantastic in Motion campaign, a set of global projects the company undertook with the intention of showcasing the brand’s imagination, innovation and design excellence. “Superconductors don’t yet have a practical application in transportation – they don’t even use them in maglev trains”.

The Lexus hoverboard can only be used in the Lexus’ Catalonina skate park which has embedded metal tracks.