{"id":8222,"date":"2018-03-03T21:20:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T04:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8222"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:20:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T04:20:15","slug":"meet-nigerian-inventor-building-flying-jet-car","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/meet-nigerian-inventor-building-flying-jet-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Nigerian inventor building an aero-amphibious jet car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pg-headline\">Lagos is synonymous with heavy traffic and congestion but self taught inventor, Kehinde Durojaiye, might have the answer to the city&#8217;s woes: a jet car that can run on land, sea and in the air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"pg-side-of-rail pg-rail-tall__side\">\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__body\">\n<section id=\"body-text\" class=\"zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-21-containers\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Durojaiye, nicknamed &#8216;Kenny jet,&#8217; calls his ambitious invention &#8216;an aero-amphibious jet car&#8217; and he told CNN he has achieved two out of his three goals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--fullwidth\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">&#8220;I tested it in the sea and a lot of people were surprised it can move on the land and sea,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s one of those things that amazes people.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Durojaiye told he has traveled as far as Ibadan (84 miles away from Lagos) in his car and claims it can move 120 kilometers per hour on land and at least six knots on the sea.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">In a sea of Toyotas and Hyundais, Durojaiye&#8217;s unconventional looking car certainly turns heads.<\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"el__image--fullwidth js__image--fullwidth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8224\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/170413145138-nigerian-jetcar-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/170413145138-nigerian-jetcar-exlarge-169.jpg 780w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/170413145138-nigerian-jetcar-exlarge-169-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/170413145138-nigerian-jetcar-exlarge-169-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/170413145138-nigerian-jetcar-exlarge-169-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media__caption el__gallery_image-title\">\n<div class=\"element-raw appearance-fullwidth\">Kehinde inside his workshop explaining the principles of his jetcar with this model.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">A keen inventor since childhood, the 46-year old spends a lot of time at his workshop, which sits on a dump site next to the Lagos lagoon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The married father of four has made four prototype cars, from everyday, discarded materials like wood, plastic and Styrofoam. Inside the latest version you&#8217;ll find an office chair, a keyboard and a steering wheel recycled from a keke na pep [tricycle].<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">He spends hours refining prototypes of the car, hoping that one day he will make it fly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;We want the whole world to know it is possible to have a kind of machine that can move on land, on sea and fly and perhaps move under the sea,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;That&#8217;s my ultimate goal.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"theo-top-controlbar theo-secondary-color vjs-control-bar \" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"group\">Source: CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos is synonymous with heavy traffic and congestion but self taught inventor, Kehinde Durojaiye, might have the answer to the city&#8217;s woes: a jet car that can run on land, sea and in the air. 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