Hovercar
The hovercar (the Tenaksa-SZ08 model pictured here) is the next step in the evolution from the wheeled ground vehicles, pioneered by the Jhauntan-Ponniese corporation Tenaksa with their first models in 2288. While the first models were single-person vehicles, larger models quickly followed suit, with two, three, and even seven passenger seats. However, the wheeled land vehicles, with their long-embedded and trusted technology, remain a strong presence, especially among cargo trucks and other large vehicles deemed too heavy to handle the hover-technology to be effective and safe. However, most experts in the auto field predict that the hover-technology will push the older engine models out of the markets within the next hundred years, and the wheeled vehicles of old will fade to practical obscurity like they have done to the beast-driven carriages. For now, the new technology remain only a few steps above primitive, and new renovations are in the works.
Most hovercars have two joysticks on either side of the driver’s seat on the armrests. Left joystick functions to spin the car on its axis and right joysticks enables to mange tilt and direction. Power and brake controlling pedals are present on the floor, and many hovercars contain four turbines. The fastest recorded street-level speed, without outside modifications, was 410 mph, done by the Tenaksa-XZ02 model. Due to copyright restrictions on the engine designs, the Tenaksa is the only legal available manufacturer today.
Hoverbike
The hoverbike was first introduced in an auto show in Rurianburg, Jhaunta in 2295, as the showcase vehicle that once again features the hover-technology that Tenaksa pioneered. Since the technology is new, hoverbikes are still a curiosity among the older wheeled bikes today, but it is quickly catching on among the public. Due to safety restrictions on the new engines, the fastest recorded speed, done with a Tenaksa Hoverbandit, is only 210 mph, but a growing number of illegal modifications available can equipment bikes with speeds faster than 380+ mph. The Tenaksa is the only legal manufacturer of hoverbikes today, at least until the monopolistic grip on their own copyrighted technology is finally broken. With the number of lawyers that the multi-billion dollar corporation have in their disposal, the court fight isn't going to end soon.
LAV
The aptly-named Lighter than Air Vehicle, or LAV, was already a long established marvel of engineering for a number of decades. The rotor-technology of helicopters have finally been mothballed to museums and retro collections, and replaced with evolved turbine designs equipped for the LAV. The most popular model by far, the Thunderbird, are used by civilians on both sides of the law for cargo and passenger transport, and many variations are available. Assault Lighter than Air Vehicles, or ALAVs, are simply Thunderbirds equipped with missile and gun bays and other military-grade technology. While they can be both used within the atmosphere of a planet and in space, atmospheric entry and exit are not recommended using a LAV. One exception is the Sunbird prototype designed by Natherican-based AkainTech.
High-Speed Rail
Even the train adjusted with the rapidly-growing technology of the times within Corneria. The maglev (magnetic levitation) technology improved to the point where it has become the preferred and safest (not to mention fastest) method of model used for the train, especially once the breakthrough of transferring key magnetic components into the existing rail infrastructure became possible. In 2297, the Saharian royalty-owned Abyad Railways broke the train speed record and it now stands at 370 mph. The urban rail system has become the standard for mass transportation within modern cities when its technology was cheap enough to become more practical than the city buses (which uses highly-expensive crysilex fuel).