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Hyundai tests flying taxi near Indonesia's new capital Nusantara

Craft flies in figure-8 pattern for 10 minutes, aims to be operational in 2030

Hyundai's aerial taxi can fly up to 200 kilometers per hour and carry four people. (Courtesy of the Ibu Kota Nusantara Authority)

JAKARTA -- South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has trialed a flying taxi near what is to be Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara.

The aircraft is what Hyundai calls an optionally piloted personal/passenger air vehicle (OPPAV) that the company developed in collaboration with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) using Advanced Air Mobility technology.

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