At present, Uber has begun cooperation with NASA to develop new UberAIR services, and will face competition pressure from many competitors in the future. For example, Kitty Hawk, an auto flying taxi company invested by Alphabet founder Larry Page, launched the latest commercial model Cora in March this year. At present, the company has started to cooperate with the New Zealand government and gradually promote the commercialization of its air taxi. Uber's other competitor, Airbus, also successfully piloted an autonomous flying car product for the first time in February this year. To advance the project, Uber also signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA last November to develop an "automated traffic management" system for its "flying cars." This is the second agreement between Uber and NASA. As part of the agreement, Uber will share data related to its plan to produce a flying taxi in 2020 to assist NASA in developing urban air traffic (UAM) projects.
This flying car prototype looks like a large drone, not a helicopter, with four rotors on the wing. According to Uber, this design is safer than a helicopter with a single propeller. The flying car flies at an altitude of 300 to 600 meters above the ground and is quieter than a helicopter. The noise it generates is only half the size of a truck passing outside a window.
Uber also plans to launch UberAIR services in Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles in 2023 and begin testing in these cities in 2020. According to previous plans, Uber will launch flying cars in Dubai and Dallas-Fort Worth in 2020 and will be fully operational by 2023. In addition, Uber plans to launch the service in Los Angeles before the opening of the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028.
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