The CEO of Hyundai’s electric air-taxi subsidiary thinks we’ll be flying in them by 2028—but admits batteries aren’t there yet
The CEO of Hyundai’s electric air-taxi subsidiary thinks we’ll be flying in them by 2028—but admits batteries aren’t there yet
Supernal’s CEO thinks 2028 is a realistic target because there will be infrastructure to support air taxis.
...they think they'll be flying them within 4 years despite battery tech being a fair way off? Huh?
31 1 ReplyGotta pretend for the shareholders
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2028 conveniently is just far enough away for us to have forgotten all about those claims by then
18 0 ReplyThat's how visionaire-ism works!
4 0 ReplyThe Elon strategy.
"FSD in two years..."
"Mars landing by 2024..."
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If a vote come to ban this in my city I'd go knock on doors and try get as much support for banning them as I can.
13 0 ReplySign my petition, damn it!
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No thanks . Cars are already super noisy . So a glorified quadcopter ...
12 0 Replyrich people with too much money pretending to have a problem to solve. most people arent using the helicopters this use case covers
this is just bored rich people building stuff they think is cool, most of which is a dead end
11 0 Replyand in 2029 TikTok teens are gonna be stealing them with USB drives
11 1 Reply“We”?
9 0 ReplyHimself, and other CEOs of multinational conglomerates.
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Hydrogen might actually make sense for these, since you need extreme energy density. But I doubt they'll be very widespread because of airspace restrictions and faa approval. I don't see how they'd be that much more common than city helicopters are now.
5 0 ReplyOh the humanity...
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Can I just have a government subsidised EV so I can stop polluting pls
5 1 ReplyFuck off.
4 2 ReplyParis will ban them before thier release lol
1 0 ReplyYeah maybe if the wars in the world subside.
3 9 ReplyIf anything, wars are an amazing source of technological advancement.
This is not to say that I want war, but to acknowledge the fact that it absolutely fuel innovation
4 5 ReplyBroken window fallacy.
The same funds used to pay for wars and wartime rnd could just be spent directly on rnd.
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