APAC UAM Report YE2021
Gain a deeper understanding of the progress that is being made across the Asia Pacific with electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles.
Gain a deeper understanding of the progress that is being made across the Asia Pacific with electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles.
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OEM OVERVIEW<br />
Hyundai Motor Group - Supernal<br />
South Korea Project Launched in 2019<br />
Hyundai Motor Group established a <strong>UAM</strong>-exclusive department in 2019 to realize the ‘Generalization of Flight’. Since then, it<br />
has worked on it S-A1 eVTOL concept vehicle. As a concept vehicle. In 2020, Hyundai Motor Group and Uber announced a new<br />
partnership that aims to develop a <strong>UAM</strong> ecosystem and also unveiled the full-scale S-A1. Hyundai Motor Group also announced<br />
the formation of Supernal on November 5, 2021. This subsidiary is now based in the U.S. Supernal will continue the development<br />
for the S-A1 and hopes to begin the certification process with the United States regulatory agencies in 2024.<br />
S-A1<br />
Type<br />
Vectored Thrust<br />
Operation<br />
Autonomous<br />
First Prototype<br />
Flight in Public<br />
Expected in 2025<br />
Range<br />
97 km<br />
Cruise Speed<br />
290 km/h<br />
Seats 5<br />
The S-A1 eVTOL vehicle can hold four passengers and one pilot. The vehicle will operate without a pilot once the autonomous technology<br />
becomes available. The S-A1 can cruise at 290 kmh and has a range of 97 km.<br />
The S-A1 adopts the vectored thrust configuration. It has four tilt-rotor propellers (with five blades each) to provide forward and vertical<br />
lift, and four sets of stacked co-rotating propellers (each propeller having 2 blades) that are used for vertical flight only.<br />
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