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Hovercar, 2259 — Thomas and Rima Harewood's hovercar (2259)

A hovercar was a car that utilized some form of gravity-manipulating technology to "hover" over the ground, and drive through streets similar to traditional automobiles.

History

Hovercars first came into general use on Earth circa 2030s. (VOY: "The 37's")

On Vulcan, hovercars called desert fliers were a common sight on the streets of ShirKahr in the 2230s. (TAS: "Yesteryear")

In 2259 of the alternate reality, Thomas Harewood owned a hovercar. He used the vehicle to drive himself and his wife to the Royal Children's Hospital to see their daughter, who was terminally ill. (Star Trek Into Darkness)

In 2269, when Harry Mudd was attempting to sell his love potion to the miners on Motherlode, a number of hover cars and trucks were seen in the parking lot. (TAS: "Mudd's Passion")

In 2371, when the USS Voyager brought aboard a 1936 Ford truck, Harry Kim mistook it for an early hovercar. However, Tom Paris stated that particular automobile was about a century too early for that to be the case. (VOY: "The 37's")

In an alternate timeline, shortly after Jean-Luc Picard and Geordi La Forge arrived in England with the intention of seeing Data there, a hovercar was driving to Cambridge University, where Data was living. (TNG: "All Good Things...")

Background information

The script of Star Trek: First Contact mentioned the hulks of now-useless hovercars lying corroded in the streets.

Wheeled vehicles apparently continued to survive in specialized roles even after holocars became ubiquitous. Examples include the wheeled truck-like vehicle used by the Arctic Archaeology Team in 2153 in ENT: "Regeneration" and the Argo buggy in use by Starfleet in the late 24th century in Star Trek Nemesis.

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-[[File:Hovercar 2150.jpg|thumb|A hovercar ([[2150]])]]
-[[File:Vulcan hovercar.jpg|thumb|A [[Vulcan]] [[Desert flyer|hovercar]]]]
+[[File:Hovercar, 2259.jpg|thumb|[[Thomas Harewood|Thomas]] and [[Rima Harewood]]'s hovercar ([[2259]])]]
+A '''hovercar''' was a [[car]] that utilized some form of [[gravity]]-manipulating [[technology]] to "hover" over the ground, and drive through [[street]]s similar to traditional [[automobile]]s.
-[[File:Untitled.jpg|thumb|A hovercar (2259)]]
-[[File:Hovercar (anti-time future).jpg|thumb|A hovercar at Cambridge University]]
-A '''hovercar''' was a [[car]] that utilized some form of [[gravity]] manipulating [[technology]] to "hover" over the ground, and drive through [[street]]s similar to [[Earth]] [[automobile]]s.  [[Tom Paris]] explained to [[Harry Kim]] that hovercars first came into general use on Earth circa [[2030s]]. ({{VOY|The 37's}})
-{{bginfo|As Kim thought the [[1936]] [[Ford truck]] was an early hovercar, Paris stated that he was about a century too early for that.}}
+== History ==
-When [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] was brought back ten [[month]]s to his apartment by [[Daniels (Crewman)|Daniels]], he looked out his window into the [[city]] and saw hovercars flying by. ({{ENT|Shockwave}})
+Hovercars first came into general use on [[Earth]] circa [[2030s]]. ({{VOY|The 37's}})
-On [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]], hovercars called [[Desert flyer|desert fliers]] were a common sight on the streets of [[ShirKahr]] in the [[2230s]]. ({{TAS|Yesteryear}})
+On {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}, hovercars called [[Desert flyer|desert fliers]] were a common sight on the streets of [[ShirKahr]] in the [[2230s]]. ({{TAS|Yesteryear}})
-In [[2259]] of the [[alternate reality]], [[Thomas Harewood]] owned a hovercar, and he drove himself and his [[Rima Harewood|wife]] to the [[Royal Children's Hospital]] to see his ill [[Lucille Harewood|daughter]]. ({{film|12}})
+''In [[2259]] of the [[alternate reality]], [[Thomas Harewood]] owned a hovercar. He used the vehicle to drive himself and [[Rima Harewood|his wife]] to the [[Royal Children's Hospital]] to see [[Lucille Harewood|their daughter]], who was terminally ill.'' ({{film|12}})
-When [[Benjamin Sisko]] was about four [[year]]s old, his biological mother, [[Sarah Sisko]], who had left him and his family, [[death|died]] in a hovercraft accident in [[Australia]]. [[Joseph Sisko]] never told his son this until [[2375]]. ({{DS9|Image in the Sand}})
+In [[2269]], when [[Harry Mudd]] was attempting to sell his [[love potion]] to the [[miner]]s on [[Motherlode]], a number of hover [[car]]s and [[truck]]s were seen in the [[parking lot]]. ({{TAS|Mudd's Passion}})
-In [[2371]], when the {{USS|Voyager}} brought aboard an old [[Ford truck|automobile]], [[Harry Kim]] mistook it for an early hovercar. ({{VOY|The 37's}})
+In [[2371]], when the {{USS|Voyager}} brought aboard a [[1936]] [[Ford truck]], [[Harry Kim]] mistook it for an early hovercar. However, [[Tom Paris]] stated that particular automobile was about a century too early for that to be the case. ({{VOY|The 37's}})
-In an [[Anti-time future|alternate timeline]], when [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] and [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]] go to see [[Data]] in [[England]], a hovercar is seen driving to [[Cambridge University]], where Data lives. ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
+''In [[Anti-time future|an alternate timeline]], shortly after [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and [[Geordi La Forge]] arrived in [[England]] with the intention of seeing [[Data]] there, a hovercar was driving to [[Cambridge University]], where Data was living.'' ({{TNG|All Good Things...}})
+<gallery>
+File:Vulcan hovercar.jpg|A [[Vulcan]] [[Desert flyer|hovercar]]
+File:Hovercar on Vulcan.jpg|A parked '''hovercar''' (or possibly [[shuttle]]) on {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}
+File:Desert flyer (Sarek's street).jpg|A [[desert flyer]] driving past [[Sarek]] and [[Amanda Grayson]]'s house
+File:Desertflyer.jpg|The [[Vulcan]] [[healer]]'s [[desert flyer|hovercar]]
+File:Hovercar (interior).jpg|The interior of [[Thomas Harewood|Thomas]] and [[Rima Harewood]]'s hovercar
+File:Parking lot with hovercars.jpg|A [[parking]] lot with a few [[Truck|hovertrucks]] and hovercars
+File:Blue hovercar.jpg|[[Spock]], [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Harry Mudd|Mudd]] standing next to a hovercar
+File:Hovercar on motherlode.jpg|A hovercar on [[Motherlode]]
+File:Hovercar (anti-time future).jpg|A hovercar driving to [[Cambridge University]]
+</gallery>
+== Background information ==
+The script of {{film|8}} mentioned the hulks of now-useless hovercars lying corroded in the streets.
+Wheeled vehicles apparently continued to survive in specialized roles even after holocars became ubiquitous. Examples include the [[snowplow|wheeled truck-like vehicle]] used by the [[Arctic Archaeology Team]] in [[2153]] in {{ENT|Regeneration}} and the {{dis|Argo|buggy}} buggy in use by [[Starfleet]] in the late [[24th century]] in {{film|10}}.
 == See also ==
+* [[Anti-grav]]
+* [[Aircar]]
+* [[hovercraft]]
 * [[Hovercruiser]]
 * [[Desert flyer]]