Supernal Lays Off Most of Its Workforce

Supernal lays off most of its workforce

Hyundai Motor Group’s eVTOL company Supernal has laid off most of its workforce. According to media reports, initially highlighted in the The Air Current and confirmed by Linkedin posts from senior company executives, around 300 people were laid off at the company’s California plant on February 27, leaving a skeleton staff of around 70 to 80 people to continue operations. In September 2025 the company paused its work on its aircraft programme. T…

Hyundai eVTOL subsidiary Supernal lays off most of its staff in major retrenchment

Hyundai Motor Group’s struggling electric vertical take-off and landing subsidiary, Supernal, laid off the majority of its staff on Friday in an admission that it is far from being able to bring a viable eVTOL aircraft to market despite heavy spending and hiring over the past half decade. A spokesperson for California-based Supernal confirmed to The Air Current in an email that the advanced air mobility company laid off 296 people on Feb. […] Th…