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Uber partners with UT Austin and US Army Research Labs on flying cabs
Uber has added the University of Texas at Austin to its list of partners as it tries to turn its flying taxis into a reality. The company is also working with the US Army Research Laboratory on a project to develop rotor technology for the vehicles. Uber wants to start testing UberAIR cabs by 2020 and have commercial service in its launch cities of Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Dubai by 2023.
Uber has five partners working on its flying taxi project
We've already had a glimpse at what Uber's proposed air taxi might look like, and after the first day at Elevate Summit (Uber's "flying taxi" conference), we're closer to understanding how the whole service might work – and importantly, who else is involved. Five aerospace companies -- Embraer, Pipistrel, Karem, Aurora Flight and Bell -- are working with Uber on the service that CEO Dara Khosrowshahi believes will revolutionize the way we get around.
Uber works with NASA to get flying taxis ready by 2020
They say the best revenge is living well, and so in the midst of its ongoing and messy breakup with London, Uber has proven it's doing just fine thank you very much by signing an agreement with NASA to develop software for its proposed flying taxi project, Elevate.
