The CEO of Hyundai’s electric air-taxi subsidiary thinks we’ll be flying in them by 2028—but admits batteries aren’t there yet (fortune.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 07:25
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darthsid@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 07:43 next collapse

Yeah maybe if the wars in the world subside.

stoy@lemmy.zip on 22 Feb 2024 08:41 collapse

If anything, wars are an amazing source of technological advancement.

This is not to say that I want war, but to acknowledge the fact that it absolutely fuel innovation

Deceptichum@kbin.social on 22 Feb 2024 12:51 collapse

Broken window fallacy.

The same funds used to pay for wars and wartime rnd could just be spent directly on rnd.

stoy@lemmy.zip on 22 Feb 2024 13:40 next collapse

That is fair, I mainly wanted to counter the claim that wars won’t advance tech

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 18:49 collapse

Could be, but usually aren’t.

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 08:06 next collapse

…they think they’ll be flying them within 4 years despite battery tech being a fair way off? Huh?

stoy@lemmy.zip on 22 Feb 2024 08:07 collapse

Gotta pretend for the shareholders

Wanderer@lemm.ee on 22 Feb 2024 08:48 next collapse

If a vote come to ban this in my city I’d go knock on doors and try get as much support for banning them as I can.

DarkenLM@kbin.social on 22 Feb 2024 10:29 collapse

Sign my petition, damn it!

LightDelaBlue@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 08:59 next collapse

No thanks . Cars are already super noisy . So a glorified quadcopter …

uzay@infosec.pub on 22 Feb 2024 10:27 next collapse

2028 conveniently is just far enough away for us to have forgotten all about those claims by then

andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works on 22 Feb 2024 12:26 next collapse

That’s how visionaire-ism works!

TimeSquirrel@kbin.social on 22 Feb 2024 14:56 collapse

The Elon strategy.

"FSD in two years..."

"Mars landing by 2024..."

JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works on 22 Feb 2024 10:55 next collapse

Hydrogen might actually make sense for these, since you need extreme energy density. But I doubt they’ll be very widespread because of airspace restrictions and faa approval. I don’t see how they’d be that much more common than city helicopters are now.

0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Feb 2024 12:52 collapse

Oh the humanity…

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 22 Feb 2024 11:26 next collapse

rich people with too much money pretending to have a problem to solve. most people arent using the helicopters this use case covers

this is just bored rich people building stuff they think is cool, most of which is a dead end

rem26_art@kbin.social on 22 Feb 2024 11:47 next collapse

and in 2029 TikTok teens are gonna be stealing them with USB drives

Deceptichum@kbin.social on 22 Feb 2024 12:51 next collapse

“We”?

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 18:48 collapse

Himself, and other CEOs of multinational conglomerates.

eran_morad@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 2024 13:31 next collapse

Fuck off.

AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com on 22 Feb 2024 14:37 collapse

Can I just have a government subsidised EV so I can stop polluting pls