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Uber and Nasa plan UberAIR flying taxi by 2020

The 1985 film Back to the Future featured “footage from the future” that was pretty real at times, don't you think? Remember flying cars? Well, for now we can't see them in the sky, but soon you will be able to order a taxi service that will take you to the desired address by air. This time, Uber and Nasa joined forces and presented UberAIR, which is expected to fly in 2020.

Uber and Us they joined forces and in three years he is due in Los Angeles flew away electric aircraft, which will provided taxi services.

The vessel or service was named UberAIR, and you will call it directly via the Uber app. In 2020 he will be tested in the American Los Angeles, and then continued in Dallas, Fort Worth and Frisco.

UberAIR is otherwise only part of the Elevate initiative, behind which Uber stands in the desire for the fastest possible implementation of electric aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The vessel will be able to transport up to 4 people, and will fly with at a speed of 320 km/h. Big cities, such as Los Angeles, suffer from poor traffic dynamics and hours-long traffic jams, as well as massive environmental pollution, so such a solution is necessary. Los Angeles too host the 2028 Olympics and until then at Uber they wish they would UberAIR was already a fixture.

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