Can't we have both, the skateboard for short travels, the car for long distances?
Maybe the hover skateboard would be hovering from a low distance from the ground (60 cm-1m) and the hover car would "fly" (3m-6m). So of you want to go to the shop you would grab your skateboard,but if you wanted to go on a road trip you would take a hover car.
I would take the hover car. I won't hover fall and hover fail.
Anybody thinking about a hover bike and hover motorcycle/scooter?