Hyundai Motor Group’s Advanced Air Mobility company unveiled an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle product concept at CES 2024.
The pilot-plus-four-passenger vehicle marks the latest milestone in Supernal’s roadmap to commercialise safe, efficient and affordable everyday passenger air travel.
Jaiwon Shin, president of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal, said:
“From the beginning, Supernal has been on a mission to create the right product and the right market at the right time…Supernal is ready to deliver a new era of flight.”
S-A2 is a V-tail aircraft designed to cruise 120 miles-per-hour at a 1,500-foot altitude to meet typical city operation needs of 25- to 40-mile trips. It features a distributed electric propulsion architecture and has eight all-tilting rotors.
The vehicle is designed with a priority on safety and a focus on sustainability and is engineered to achieve the global commercial aviation standard of safety, it has a robust airframe structure including redundant components in critical systems such as powertrain, flight controls and avionics.
Luc Donckerwolke, president, chief design officer and chief creative officer, Hyundai Motor Group, said:
“S-A2 is a true representation of ‘auto meets aero.’ Drawing on the competence of Supernal’s top aerospace engineers and Hyundai Motor Group’s world-renowned automotive designers to create human-centric design that maximises passenger experience and safety.”
