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Hyundai Confident on Flying Cars, Steps Up Plans for Full Lineup

  • Auto giant working on family of models with 2028 debut planned
  • Hurdles abound with regulations, infrastructure still far off
The Hyundai S-A1 electric Urban Air Mobility concept.Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

South Korea’s biggest automaker is stepping up its pursuit of flying cars, planning a full lineup of aerial vehicles that it envisages zigzagging city skies within a decade.

Hyundai Motor Group is developing models that will carry five or six people within metropolitan areas and a bigger version to fly between cities, Jaiwon Shin, head of its urban air mobility unit, said in an interview. The company expects to enter the market in 2028, he said.