Hyundai Motor Group said that the mobile transport of the future will be handled by a new company, Supernal. Now she
The concept is that the passenger will be able touse just one application to plan your trip. Using it you can order a taxi, choose railway tickets or find the nearest vertiport with an air taxi.
Now the company continues to develop and improve its eVTOL air taxi, which it will bring to market first. Certification with US regulators will begin in 2024.
Supernal's first air vehiclewill be equipped with electric and autonomous power supply. It can accommodate four to five passengers. The flight will only take place over the territory of one city. Hyundai claims that the air taxi flies at speeds of up to 290 km/h for a distance of up to 100 km.
To provide such characteristics, Hyundai engineers settled on a tiltrotor scheme: an aircraft whose propellers rotate vertically during takeoff and landing.
The start of operation of the air movement system is scheduled for 2028.
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