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More executives depart Hyundai's air taxi startup Supernal (techcrunch.com)

submitted 9 months ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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It’s been a tough year for Supernal. That startup ended 2024 by abruptly winding down its new headquarters in Washington, D.C., as TechCrunch previously reported. While Supernal finally pulled off its first test flight in March, it laid off dozens of employees just a few months later. By early September, the startup began an executive shake-up and paused the air taxi program.

This is happening at a crucial moment for the nascent electric vertical takeoff and landing industry. Some players are securing investment and new partnerships ahead of planned commercial launches (all while the regulatory scheme gets increasingly favorable in the U.S.), while others are going out of business.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

How many decades has Popular Mechanics been putting this crap on the cover of new issues?

We need mass transit for the future, this bs on the other hand is a lame pipe dream envisioned by a bunch of vacuous upper management with no actual ideas other than "Flying car cool! What if endless car traffic but in the sky!".

[–] exothermic@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago