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Airicist
29th October 2016, 15:46
Uber, Inc. (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?10424)
uber.com/elevate (https://www.uber.com/elevate)
Airicist
29th October 2016, 15:47
https://youtu.be/nuFSh7N0Nhw
Uber Elevate
Published on Jul 28, 2017
Taking commuting to the next level! Uber Elevate will use electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (evtols) to make our lives easier, our commutes shorter, and our cities cleaner. See how we're starting to get this idea off the ground, and join us in building the future!
Airicist
9th November 2017, 05:57
https://youtu.be/yGaeBsdu180
Guess what Uber's promising now: flying cars
Published on Oct 27, 2016
Forget self-driving cars, Uber has a new one for you... flying cars. The company calls it Uber Elevate and within a decade it’ll be a global network of on demand urban electric aircraft that take off and land vertically.
"Inside Uber's plan to take over the skies with flyinh cars (https://www.wired.com/2016/10/uber-flying-cars-elevate-plan)"
by Alex Davies
October 27, 2016
Airicist
9th November 2017, 18:38
https://youtu.be/3V-Q2URwluU
You ready for flying taxis from Uber?
Published on Nov 8, 2017
I'm about that Jetsons life.
At a speech at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Uber's head of product Jeff Holden revealed the company has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to create the air traffic control system that will manage its low-flying taxi fleet, which it aims to have in the air by 2020. The company also announced that a third test city, Los Angeles, has been added to the program, joining Dallas-Fort Worth and Dubai. According to Uber, its UberAIR service could compress a one and a half hour journey from LAX to the Staples Center during rush hour to under 30 minutes.
Airicist
9th May 2018, 20:39
https://youtu.be/STVDrjzG40c
Uber has multiple aerospace partners working on its air taxi project
Published on May 9, 2018
https://youtu.be/-XFbyWAUwp4
First look at Uber's flying taxi models
Published on May 8, 2018
Uber is releasing new information about Uber Air, an ambitious plan to launch a fleet of autonomous flying taxis in two years. Bianna Golodryga gets a first look at the design models that will be on display at Tuesday's Uber Elevate Summit. She also speaks with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden.
"This is Uber's first air taxi prototype (https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/08/uber-air-taxi-prototype-elevate)"
The model will be on display at today's Uber Elevate conference.
by Swapna Krishna
May 8, 2018
Airicist
15th May 2018, 10:35
https://youtu.be/vU9u3qcOlLg
Uber is bringing skyports to real life
Published on May 14, 2018
Uber is bringing Star Wars to real life! Kim Horcher and Jason Inman break it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!
“If Uber is to get its “flying taxi” service off the ground, it will need dozens of launchpads and landing sites on rooftops around cities as a supportive infrastructure. At the ride-hailing company’s second annual Elevate conference in Los Angeles, six architecture firms presented their winning designs of what these so-called “Skyports” could look like. And holy cow, these things look straight out of Star Wars.
The “Sky Tower” by Pickard Chilton and Arup wouldn’t look out of place among the Star Destroyers and Dreadnoughts of the Galactic Empire (or the First Order, depending on your trilogy). The beehive-esque “Uber Hover” concept by Humphreys & Partners could easily pass for an Ewok village on Endor. BOKA Powell’s “Skyport Prototype” looks like it’s ready to take flight and begin doing battle with a swarm of TIE Fighters."
Airicist
12th June 2019, 03:47
https://youtu.be/F2mfrctxrTE
UBERAIR: Our Vision | Uber Elevate
Published on Jun 11, 2019
The Uber Elevate team is working toward transforming the world through aerial ridesharing at scale. Imagine soaring above congested ground traffic. With Uber Air, this future is closer than you think.
Uber is developing shared air transportation—planned for 2023—between suburbs and cities, and ultimately within cities. We’re working with our Elevate Network partners to launch fleets of small, electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft in Dallas, Los Angeles, and a to-be-announced international market.
Airicist
14th June 2019, 16:04
https://youtu.be/l2sZc-nZdqM
Uber Elevate Summit 2019: Day 1 Highlights | Uber Elevate | Uber
Published on Jun 14, 2019
The third annual Uber Elevate Summit, convenes the world’s foremost urban air mobility experts and collaborators in our nation’s capital. This year’s Uber Elevate Summit will build off of the energy and momentum into the Uber Elevate flywheel — this not only continues to increase the inevitability of urban aerial ridesharing, but it further cements our place in history as the undeniable leader of this transformation.
Airicist
18th June 2019, 06:49
Article "The Uber for helicopters is now Uber (https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/6/18655126/uber-copter-new-york-city-jfk-airport-elevate-helicopter-flying-taxi-price)"
Carrying passengers from JFK airport into Lower Manhattan
by Jon Porter
June 6, 2019
Starting July 9th, Uber will offer helicopter rides between JFK airport and Lower Manhattan that can be booked on demand through its app. Uber Copter, The New York Times reports, will offer eight minute flights between the city and its major airport, with prices typically costing between $200 and $225 per person. Flights can be booked up to five days in advance.
Airicist
24th August 2019, 14:40
https://youtu.be/HLnjtEp5wbM
Making eVTOL real
Published on Aug 24, 2019
Elevate vehicle requirements are shaping network efficient, quiet, and safe eVTOL that maximize system economic and market feasibility.
Airicist
7th January 2020, 16:15
Article "Hyundai and Uber Elevate debut urban air taxi concept S-A1 (https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-uber-elevate-urban-air-taxi-ces-2020)"
Where we're going, we don't need roads. Meet the electric Hyundai Urban Air Mobility concept, one of a trio of future city transport concepts debuting at CES 2020.
by Antuan Goodwin
January 6, 2020
Airicist
8th January 2020, 08:15
https://youtu.be/Jy7dogJy-k8
CES 2020 Hyundai UAM S-A1
Jan 7, 2020
Hyundai (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=4499), Seoul, South Korea
Airicist
9th January 2020, 08:35
https://youtu.be/L6K7GAG1Aas
Hyundai S-A1 Air Taxi first look at CES 2020
Jan 7, 2020
Uber's flying taxi initiative is edging closer to reality. The ridesharing giant and Hyundai have unveiled a previously hinted-at flying taxi concept, the S-A1, that could ultimately handle Uber Air trips. It's not a radical break from projects with other partners, but that would still make it a very flexible vehicle. The all-electric aircraft would take off and land vertically, and carry as many as four passengers at cruising speeds of up to 180MPH for trips as far as 60 miles. Although it would have a pilot at first, it would ultimately be fully autonomous.
"Hyundai and Uber show off their flying taxi concept (https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-06-hyundai-and-uber-flying-taxi-concept.html)"
The S-A1 is part of a larger partnership for aerial ridesharing.
by Jon Fingas
January 6, 2020
Airicist
10th January 2020, 15:16
https://youtu.be/7Np2HQpuiOY
Hyundai and Uber reveal full-size air taxi prototype at CES 2020
Jan 10, 2020
Talking about all the most WTF tech at CES, including Hyundai and Bell's huge air taxi protoypes, Intel's volumetric video presentation, and Toyota's Woven City.
Airicist
9th December 2020, 03:31
Article "Uber sells its flying taxi business (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/08/air-taxi-start-up-joby-acquires-uber-elevate-.html)"
by Phil LeBeau
December 8, 2020
Joby Aviation Inc. (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=18035)