[amdavadis4ever] Now, Uber promises flying cars! (Posted by B D Jesrani)

 

Now, Uber promises flying cars! Eric Newcomer       90m-plus commute from Gurgaon to central Delhi can come down to a mere 6 mins, writes firm in white paper Uber, still in the midst of try ing to remake transporta tion on the ground, is explor ing the viability of an air craft that can take off and land vertically for city use. The ridehailing giant published a white paper titled "Fast-Forwarding to a Future of On-Demand Urban Air Transportation." While Uber isn't planning to build its concept for a helicopter-like vehicle, the San Francisco startup said it would organize a conference to discuss the development of VTOL, or an aircraft for vertical takeoff and landing. It refers to the nascent flying-car program as Uber Elevate. "We also believe that in the long-term, VTOLs will be an affordable form of daily transportation for the masses, even less expensive than owning a car," Uber wrote in its white paper."Rather than manufacture VTOL hardware ourselves, we instead look to collaborate with vehicle developers, regulators, city and national governments, and other community stakeholders, while bringing to the table a very fertile market of excited consumers and a clear vehicle and operations use case." Travis Kalanick, Uber's chief execu tive officer and co-founder, has launched a sort of futurist's arms race with Alphabet Inc CEO Larry Page. Page has personally invested in startups building flying cars. Uber, founded in 2009, is investing in self-driving vehicles, hiring researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and purchasing the autonomous trucking company Otto. Uber recently started pick-up service in Pittsburgh in selfdriving Volvo cars. As Uber draws attention to its vision for flying cars, the company acknowledges that it will take many years to develop. The barriers to success that it sees are lengthy , including regulations, limitations in battery technology , aircraft noise and safety .    

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