Posted on 10/02/2019 8:49:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A former NASA engineer is leading the program.
Hyundai is the latest automaker to pursue the lofty dream of the flying car. The company's new Urban Air Mobility Division aims to reduce the traffic congestion resulting from what the firm calls "mega-urbanization." To head this initiative, the business hires Dr. Jaiwon Shin, the former leader of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at NASA.
"Having worked on cutting-edge aviation research and development at NASA for 30 years, I am very excited and humbled by the opportunity to now shape urban air mobility strategy at Hyundai Motor Group," Dr. Shin said in Hyundai's announcement of his hiring. "The new team at Hyundai will develop core technologies that will establish the company as a driving force in urban air mobility, a sector that is expected to grow into a market worth USD 1.5 trillion within the next 20 years."
The goals of the Hyundai Urban Air Mobility Division seem fairly open at this early stage. It "aims to provide innovative and smart mobility solutions never seen or thought of before," according to the company. With such a broad scope, there's no telling what this new team might create.
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I’ve been waiting for this all my life!......................
I once heard an associate pastor at a church I went to say, from the pulpit.... “Hyundai....which is Korean for ‘you gotta be kidding ‘”
Have they developed anti-gravity, allowing the vehicle to levitate?
If so, then traffic jams shift from being only two-dimensional to three-dimensional. And what is going to be used to define the traffic lanes?
Also, the disabled vehicles fall out of the sky.
I’d buy one, especially their Genesis luxury cars, in a heartbeat if I could still drive. They’re some of the hardest-working and smart people on Earth.
People can barely drive on flat roads with defined lanes. If flying cars are not completely autonomous it will be a disaster.
Hyundai’s reputation has gone up significantly since he said that back in the early 90’s. If they can pull it off, I’d love to see it.
...It "aims to provide innovative and smart mobility solutions never seen or thought of before," according to the company. With such a broad scope, there's no telling what this new team might create.
Shhh, no telling!
‘Bout time.
Too bad it isn’t Ford.
The Ford SkyCar sounds like a start...
The highways are dangerous enough to drive, can you imagine the airways. What would be the speed limit?
Will the flying cars have to pay gas tax for the roads? How is a speed cop going to pull a car over?
Better build the border fence a lot higher.
The Ford Shelby GT Sky Ranchero.
Every last one of these Air Car ventures has failed to make it work. Molt Taylor made six examples of his Aerocar in the late 40s. He actually got the plane certified. It never went into production. I doubt this venture does either.
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