Exploring Supernal’s S-A2

At the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), GAMG had the opportunity to tour the future at Supernal’s exhibition. Supernal LLC — Hyundai Motor Group’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company — unveiled S-A2, its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle product concept. This aircraft features a layout for a pilot plus four passengers. Supernal will achieve commercial aviation safety levels and enable affordable manufacturing of its vehicles as it prepares to enter the market in 2028.

S-A2 builds on the Company’s vision concept, S-A1, which it debuted at CES 2020, bringing together the innovative aerospace engineering and Hyundai Motor Group automotive aesthetic design to create a new mode of transportation to get people in urban areas from point A to point B faster.

S-A2 is a V-tail aircraft designed to cruise 120 miles-per-hour at a 1,500-foot altitude to meet typical city operation needs of 25- to 40-mile trips, initially. It features a distributed electric propulsion architecture and has eight all-tilting rotors. At entry into service, Supernal’s vehicle will operate as quietly as a dishwasher: 65 dB in vertical take-off and landing phases and 45 dB while cruising horizontally.