David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
1/7/20 1:54 p.m.
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A big, adventurous project from the company behind the Veloster, Elantra and Sonata: the Uber Air Taxi, an electric personal air vehicle that features vertical take-off and landing, five-to-seven-minute recharging time, room for four and, one day down the road, autonomous piloting.

No word yet on whether a turnkey, race-ready version will be offered. 

Here's the full release from Hyundai: …

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Kreb
Kreb GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/7/20 2:32 p.m.

It'll be a good way for the super rich to fly from their Caribbean private island/Montana ranch to  the pubic airport where their Lear awaits. The rest of us, not so much.

RX Reven'
RX Reven' GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/7/20 2:49 p.m.

With 12 props, the probability of having one or more fail even with 99.9% individual reliability is 1.1934%...lets hope there’s plenty of redundancy.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
1/7/20 2:53 p.m.

In reply to RX Reven' :

(Sorry not sorry)

RX Reven'
RX Reven' GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/7/20 3:21 p.m.

RX Reven’ nervously flails his arms around while contemplating how to respond.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/7/20 10:34 p.m.

Never fly the A model of anything. Trust me, I'm a pilot.

 

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