Is This For Real?

[sweensdv]

http://www.flixxy.com/volkswagen-levitating-car.htm

[Stytooner]

At one point the magnets were effecting an aluminum can on the ground. Special aluminum repulsing magnets?

[steve-norrell]

Must be true if its on the internet.

Steve

[woodturner]

http://www.flixxy.com/volkswagen-levitating-car.htm

Yes, but it is a hover car, like it says in one place in the clip. That's why it affects the aluminum can. It's not really using magnetic forces and the minerals in the ground - the occupants would not be safe given the required field strength.

[cabinetman]

Is This For Real?

What do you think? Snopes says "mixture"...which is cleared up
with the excerpt below.
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[sweensdv]

You can't ask me what I think,........ I was the one who asked the question.

[cabinetman]

You can't ask me what I think,........ I was the one who asked the question.

It matters what you think. From your question it sounded like you thought it could be real. If you expressed more doubt than belief, then it is simply a matter of exposing the truth. There wouldn't have been any doubt in your stand in the matter if you initially stated your belief one way or another.

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[woodturner]

I was the one who asked the question.

There was an article in MotorAge (auto industry trade journal) a year or so about how they built the prototype - that's where I read that it was a hover car and was not really operating with maglev.