to ease urban congestion
Courtesy: Hyundai
(SOUNDBITE) (English) HYUNDAI'S HEAD OF URBAN AIR MOBILITY, JAIWON SHIN, SAYING:
"Now we're looking at the dawn of a completely new era that opens the skies above our cities. By point-to-point air travel, we can reduce travel times drastically by averting ground traffic congestion. Also, we will be able to fly on demand. Just imagine that, rather than fitting our lives around an airline's schedule. I like to call this new era an era of 'liberation from gridlock' and the 'democratization of flight'."
The concept was unveiled
at the CES tech show
The aircraft is designed for trips
up to 60 miles long
at a maximum speed of 180 mph
Hyundai said it will join Uber
to develop electric air taxis
Uber has pledged to launch
commercial urban flights by 2023