The technology is making a drastic progress, that is out of question. Our generation already experienced a huge change and we got to see amazing machineries that took our breath away. From a flawless Facetime connection over to artificial intelligence. People are taking the technology to a whole nother level! Now Uber, the peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company, presented the targeted design for flight taxis.
At the Elevate Conference in Los Angeles, Uber highlighted the supply concept for manufacturers of its future electric aircraft, which the travel agent plans to use in regular air taxi services from 2023 onwards. That is only a few years from now and I can not believe that we are going to have objects flying around which are used as transport vehicles. I have seen such things in many futuristic movies but it´s becoming reality very soon.
The showpiece is a kind of symbiosis of airplane and helicopter with four rotors for the lift and a fifth rotor at the rear for the propulsion.
Flight taxis are to commute at a height of 300 to 600 meters and are initially controlled manually by a pilot on board. By first reading this information I was literally shocked. I already knew that they had planned to use these flying objects without humans controlling it from the inside. Then I found the next article which said that Uber is thinking about an autonomous aircraft fleet in the long run.
Previously, the company specified that the air taxis should carry four passengers and fly up to 320 km / h.
Uber wants to build an urban transport network of electrically powered aircraft with its project called elevate. They are already planning to do test flights in Los Angeles, Dallas und Dubai starting in 2020! Only three years later, the service is scheduled to commence commercial operation.
The partners include the helicopter manufacturer Bell and the aircraft manufacturer EmbraerX, as well as the Daimler-supported company ChargePoint, which is to supply the charging stations for the e-high-speed starters.
I have two different opinions about this topic.
First of all, I think it´s a great idea to use the space that we have as a transportation way because people spend millions of hours on the streets everyday. Last year, an average resident of San Francisco spent nearly 230 hours on the way to work - that's half a million hours of productivity every day. But on the other hand, I am a big lover of nature and through this technology that people are developing, we are destroying our living space.
When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat MONEY! I am totally living by this quote and I think it fits perfectly to this heading. People always want to be faster, bigger and higher. They strive for the impossible but sometimes faster, bigger and higher doesn´t always mean better...
What are your thoughts about flying taxis?
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Haha flying taxis I'm fine with them as long as I don't die in the first ride!))
Wow! Great post. 😊
Its really very informative.
I appreciate your work ma'am.
I completely agree with you that technology is making a drastic progress.
Technology becomes more powerful in near future and we have to prepare for it.
Nice content.
Very well articulated.
Excellent job.
Thanks @soldier for sharing this post.
I’m fine with it If it can be made affordable. It’s really amazing to see how fast technology is advancing
really excited hope we use it near future.
It is exciting and wonderful at the same time that we are experiencing this high level of technological development that humanity has reached .
The pace of technological development has been high in recent years .
As I mentioned in the subject, there is only three years left on my first experience for Flying Taxi .
As far as we will be happy with this innovation and wonderful invention, but that would have negative repercussions on the environment as well as on the human as you mentioned in the last topic , I was impressed by your point of view the next :
***When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat MONEY! I am totally living by this quote and I think it fits perfectly to this heading. People always want to be faster, bigger and higher. They strive for the impossible but sometimes faster, bigger and higher doesn´t always mean better... ***
Thank you @soldier for sharing this amazing topic .
Finally, I will conclude with my view of technological development as it has great positives on human life.It also has disadvantages that must be avoided .
Thank you Madam for all the information contained in the publication I liked this design very much for aircraft
Wow !!!
Flight taxis an very interesting technology ....
I want to love travel....@soldier
Technology every day in a great development
It is a possible project after 20 years
The plane
Really great article
Today you great knowledge shared my friend @soldier. For this thank you very much. I am learn in your every post.
Don't believe in uber. What they are doing is to deceive funding from the public. Riding uber in hong kong, you will be fooled by the drivers because they think that uber fool them. All the anger in the drivers will go to the passengers.
I think this is very good to develop, there will be positive effects and of course negative effects,
In terms of positive this project will be very helpful, especially to reduce the very severe congestion that occurred in the cities,
Negative effects we will see after the project is in use ..
Good news @soldier mem...I liked this design very much for aircraft.. Best of luck...
@Soldier... Thank You for posting this update on Uber's future plans for flying taxis.
Especially liked when You mentioned the growing traffic problems in major cities all over the world... San Francisco being used as an example.
One of the primary reasons I left California over 10 years ago was because the TRAFFIC had become un-bearable.
Have been mentoring a good friend in California for almost 16 years... the current drive to work is approximately 2 hours in the morning & about 2 hours in the evening. So the drive time is about 4 hours for an 8 hour work day.
Again, Thank You for writing this post and expressing your thoughts & opinions.
Hope You had a Good Weekend...
Cheers !!
I will never step foot in a robotic car or helicopter. Computers are great, but they can be hacked. I would much prefer to put my life in a human's hands. Anyone who would ride in one of these death traps is foolish in my opinion
wow its wonderful.i like to use uber with enjoy
great idea by uber, they provide first class service in 300 city.
flying taxis is such an wonderful idea it will allow the people to walk on free roads and time travel will be reduce upto great extent if flying taxis is made possible i will be agreat acheivement!
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CARS IN NEAR FUTURE this is a perfect flying car or simply a 'dronecar' created without wheels. it is realistic, that could fly, land and park any where. in the future human being will not require roads anymore as 'dronecar' could bring them any where, replacing the cars we are driving on the roads today. every home will have a dronecar, you don't need a pilot licence as passenger, as the drone fly itself, it has its own brain better than the pilots. congratulations ehang...
Our technology becoming more powerful day by day.
Very informative post.
I am really very excited to use in a near future.
Flight taxis is an amazing technology.
Thank you @soldier for sharing this post.
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Flying taxis that's awesome, what a great innovation. It will really help mankind and make traffic more easily. Can't wait for 2023 Thanks for sharing another wonderful post I really enjoyed it
Flight Taxis technology is unbelievable. We can do anything by modern science. The technology will save our time.
Mam it's really interesting thought but it is not gonna be so easy... & if it going to happen it's must be very costly. &Most of the people can't afford it. so, i don't think it's can happen in really. yes it can be possible but after many years in future.
About time. They were overdue 3 years ago. Back to the future promised us 2015 to be the year of the flying car, but they were wrong.
The technology is getting more advanced every day, it was great that Urbe really took out these flying taxis were perfect, I'm a bit surprised and it's hard to believe that this would happen
waooh.. Technology at its peak.
Nice one from uber.
Thanks @soldier for sharing this information.
We can not eat money. Really it is. We are polluting our world. There was need this type machine to keep safe our living place. Thanks for the great idea.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Feb. 20 that his company's Uber Air flying tax service will take flight.
This is utmost level of modern technology...and their designs are splendid
Targeted Design For Flight Taxis!!!!!!!
Nice content on technology,,
thanks for sharing
This is creating a new concept of UBER FLY.Great stuff @soldier.
The future really looks amazing and this is amazing
Flight Taxis are amazing you have exposed uber at different level.
I think these developments have very good, positive effects and of course there will be negative effects,
Positive conditions, especially in cities, reduce the very serious accumulation
This design is so amazing i really love the idea behind this great job @soldier.
We sure are lucky in that extent to get to see many changes happening in case of tech.
While hope to see it in effect soon !