Uber chose to test its new fleet of flying taxis in three cities. In Dallas, Los Angeles and her Melbourne Australias.
Candidate cities and especially for third place, as the first two were in the US, were supposed to be Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Paris, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Tokio and Sydney. Uber was looking for a city outside the US and in the end Melbourne won.
Susan Anderson, Uber Regional Director for Australia, New Zealand and North Asia, he told Reuters that it is because the Australian government has “adopted a forward-looking approach to reschange vehicles and future transport technology".
UberAir's electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles will begin testing in 2020, three years before the service is expected to launch. Melbourne's trial flights will carry passengers from commercial centre Westfield στο διεθνές αεροδρόμιο της πόλης. Αυτό είναι ένα ταξίδι 12 μιλίων που συνήθως διαρκεί περίπου 25 λεπτά με το αυτοκίνητο, αλλά με ένα ταξί που πετάει, θα διαρκέσει μόνο 10 λεπτά. Οι επιβάτες θα μπορούν να κάνουν κράτηση πτήσεων μέσω της εφαρμογής Uber.
Uber is currently working with several companies to Design Flying Vehicles | He also collaborates with NASA to establish an air traffic control system for the management of its fleet by taxi.
