News from PizzaMarketplace.com:
In the always-cramped streets of Tokyo, Domino's operators are experimenting with a single-passenger car called the Cyoro-Q--essentially a shrunken, electric-powered Volkswagen-Bug-look-alike modeled after a popular Japanese toy of the same name.
Domino's Cyoro-Q car is in test in Japan. The vehicle was made in the likeness of a popular Japanese toy.
No word on how many cars Domino's has purchased, what they cost or how they perform as delivery vehicles.
Even more futuristic is a Hoverboard prototype under consideration by Domino's UK. According to the company's Web site, the device was built by Airboard Europe as potential replacement to scooters. The electric-powered Hoverboard floats less than half an inch (1 cm) off the ground on a cushion of air and glides over hard services, including ice.
"Airboard Europe," the release reads, "is confident that in the not too distant future they will be able to" fly above pedestrians' heads. "If we increase the Hoverboard's lift by five inches a year, then by the year 2020 we could be eight feet off the ground."
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