Flying cars will be in our cities "by the latter part of this decade", according to Michael Cole, chief executive for European operations at South Korean automaker Hyundai.
Hyundai, which is developing a flying taxi with Uber, expects electric flying cars to be seen in cities before the end of the decade.
"We think that by the latter part of this decade certainly," Cole told the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders conference.
"Urban air mobility will offer great opportunity to free up congestion in cities, to help with emissions, whether that's intra-city mobility in the air or whether it's even between cities."
Michael Cole, chief executive for European operations at Hyundai
Cole told the conference that Hyundai, which is owned by the world's fifth-largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group, is currently investing in the development of flying cars. "If you'd asked me a few years ago were flying cars something that I would see in my lifetime, I wouldn't have believed it," he said.
"But it's part of our future solution of offering innovative, smart mobility solutions."
Hyundai revealed its flying car concept at CES
The Korean manufacturer unveiled a full-scale model of the flying vehicle it is developing with Uber at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2020.
Created as part of the company's Urban Air Mobility (UAM) plans, the eVTOL ? electric vertical takeoff and landing ? vehicle is named S-A1.

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