Air-cushion vehicles or hovercraft are not a new concept. But somehow, their ability to travel on both land and water was obscured by their high costs, noisy engines, and finicky nature, so they lost ...

What might look like wheels at first glance are actually fan ducts that allow this luxury amphibious hovercraft to float seven inches off water or solid ground. Developed by VonMercier, the Arosa is ...

Hovercrafts aren’t typically described as high-end, but VonMercier is hoping to change that. The US outfit, which is helmed by Michael Mercier, has just unveiled a next-gen amphibious vehicle that it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Michael Mercier, founder and CEO of battery-electric hovercraft maker VonMercier, was a teenager, he had a monthly ...

Why bother choosing between an aircraft and a vessel when you can have them both in Hammacher Schlemmer's futuristic flying hovercraft that can travel over land and water? This hovercraft soars up to ...

Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an operational hovercraft from salvaged car parts and with no blueprint. By Emmett Lindner On a cold spring day in a ...