Hyundai Will Deliver Flying Cars Before 2030

Hyundai remains convinced thatflying carswill play a role in future mobility systems and is still on track to launch a production version of the eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) Vehicle Cabin Concept before the decade's end.

In an interview withTop Gear, Hyundai's UK President and CEO Michael Cole revealed that the South Korean brand is still very much committed to making it happen, but not necessarily for human use. "We could see some intra-city type application with the Urban Air Mobility for cargo, but maybe for passengers," said Cole. "But that's towards theend of this decadeand obviously smaller scale."

"It's not my division, so that probably tells you that it's not imminent," said Cole. "But we've always said that we really see this as being part of the solution for mobility in the future."

Hyundai first presented the idea of Urban Air Mobility at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show. Originally, Hyundai was meant to supply Uber with flying taxis, but by 2021 theconcept had evolvedto include autonomous taxis to drive people to and from small airports from where these vertical take-off and landing flying cars could operate.

Hyundai then invested heavily in Supernal, a leading air mobility company that says it's building new roads in the sky.