Hyundai To Introduce Its Flying Car At CES 2019

Hyundai has plans to launch its flying cars at CES 2020. While the PAV (Personal Air Vehicle) is now just a concept, the Korean automaker said that allowing passengers to break free from the terrestrial traffic had undeniable benefits.

The concept for the PAV leans toward the plane side with a cabin and wings which has two propellers on each. The PAV will work alongside the PBV, which looks like a wheeled cargo container.

Hyundai said that the flying car will be fully autonomous so the passengers do not need to know how to drive it. While the company does not say much about the two of them, we have reason to believe that the PBV will be for package delivery.

What comes in between to connect the two is Hyundai Hub, a docking station for several PBV as well as a PAV’s landing pad. Passengers will be picked up from their office or home and transported to the flying car by a self-driving pod.

Hyundai is not the only company that shows interest in making a futuristic flying car. Last year, also in the CES event, Toyota demonstrated its idea of an autonomous cargo pod, which can be made into a delivery truck, a taxi, or a mobile restaurant.

While we are having several automakers working on the design of a flying car, the future when we actually have one at our disposal is still far-off.

Hyundai does not say about its plan to bring the plane-car to reality and for now, the concept is still for demonstration rather than something passengers can actually use.