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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:Hovercar, 2259.jpg|thumb|[[Thomas Harewood|Thomas]] and [[Rima Harewood]]'s hovercar ([[2259]])]]
-[[File:Vulcan hovercar.jpg|thumb|A [[Vulcan]] [[Desert flyer|hovercar]]]]
-[[File:Untitled.jpg|thumb|A hovercar ([[2259]])]]
-[[File:Parking lot with hovercars.jpg|A parking lot with a few [[Truck|hovertrucks]] and '''hovercars''']]
-[[File:Blue hovercar.jpg|thumb|[[Spock]], [[James Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Harry Mudd|Mudd]] standing next to a '''hovercar'''.]]
-[[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 traditional [[automobile]]s.
+== History ==
 Hovercars first came into general use on [[Earth]] circa [[2030s]]. ({{VOY|The 37's}})
+On {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}, hovercars called [[Desert flyer|desert fliers]] were a common sight on the streets of [[ShirKahr]] in the [[2230s]]. ({{TAS|Yesteryear}})
-When [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] was [[Time travel|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}})
+''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}})
-On [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]], hovercars called [[Desert flyer|desert fliers]] were a common sight on the streets of [[ShirKahr]] in the [[2230s]]. ({{TAS|Yesteryear}})
+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 [[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 [[Biology|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 [[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 [[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...}})
+''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]]