Here on ABC7, we’ve covered autonomous cars on the roads. But there’s another movement happening with autonomous flying taxis. A new company just opened an office in Fremont, where autonomous aircraft are being built.
Supernal is an advanced air mobility company, part of Hyundai Motor Group.
The vision is to create an air taxi that would allow people to skip the commute on the roads.
Ramona Stefanescu is the lead research manager.
“Going from a hub like an airport or again downtown San Francisco or San Jose to Palo Alto or something in between, that can be done in a short trip with an air taxi. Not being stuck in traffic, not spending 40-50 minutes. We want to give people more time to spend with their families,” she explains.
Stefanescu and her team are in the process of designing a first generation aircraft. It would seat four people and at first, be piloted by a human, going about 120 mph with a 25-30 mile battery range.
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