Uber on Wednesday unveiled a partnership with NASA that will see it develop flying taxis priced competitively with standard Uber journeys.
It also announced Los Angeles will join two other previously revealed “UberAIR” pilot schemes in Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas, and Dubai.
California and Texas are the US states with the largest number of cars.
“Uber’s participation in NASA’s UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) Project will help the company’s goal of starting demonstration flights of UberAIR in select US cities by 2020,” the ride-sharing company said in a statement.
Uber wants to “explore other collaboration opportunities with NASA” with a view to open “a new market of urban air mobility,” it added.
The first demonstration flights are expected in 2020, moving into commercial operations by 2023 – in plenty of time for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. More info
By AFP arabianbusiness.com
