Hyundai's S-A2 Air Taxi Wants to Be the Uber of the Skies
LAS VEGAS, Nevada—Look up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s… your ride share.
Or at least that’s what Hyundai is hoping with the announcement of an air taxi concept revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) called the S-A2. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft seats four people and can travel at 120 mph at an altitude of up to 1,500 feet.
The battery allows the craft to operate in 25- to 40-mile trips in urban environments. That’s just enough for a flight from most airports to a downtown area—which is what Hyundai and Supernal, the company’s eVTOL division, is likely aiming for. Hyundai also claimed that the eVTOL will “operate as quietly as a dishwasher” when in use.