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04-07-2017, 02:10 PM
Uber wants to make flying cars cheaper than owning a regular one
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Could flying around in an aircraft one day be cheaper than owning your own car? Uber thinks so.
The ride-sharing giant says it hopes for Uber Elevate, its new "on demand air transportation" system — basically flying cars — to get to the point where it becomes cheaper than car ownership.
SEE ALSO: This startup wants to take on Uber and Lyft with self-flying cars (http://mashable.com/2015/03/15/aeromobil-self-flying-cars/)
Uber Elevate will use vertical take-off and landing aircrafts, or VTOLs, to deliver commuters to their destination much in the same way a regular Uber does.*
Except you k**w — in the air.
The company is aiming for the service to be real and mainstream in the next ten years. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/uber-elevate-affordable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Could flying around in an aircraft one day be cheaper than owning your own car? Uber thinks so.
The ride-sharing giant says it hopes for Uber Elevate, its new "on demand air transportation" system — basically flying cars — to get to the point where it becomes cheaper than car ownership.
SEE ALSO: This startup wants to take on Uber and Lyft with self-flying cars (http://mashable.com/2015/03/15/aeromobil-self-flying-cars/)
Uber Elevate will use vertical take-off and landing aircrafts, or VTOLs, to deliver commuters to their destination much in the same way a regular Uber does.*
Except you k**w — in the air.
The company is aiming for the service to be real and mainstream in the next ten years. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/uber-elevate-affordable/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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