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Uber CEO Sees Commercialization of Flying Taxis in 5-10 Years (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday he can see commercialization of the Uber Air flying taxi service happening within five to 10 years. From a report: The U.S. ride-hailing app maker has said it expects flying vehicles to eventually become an affordable method of mass transportation.

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  1. The real link by captbollocks · · Score: 5, Informative

    https://www.reuters.com/articl...

  2. Umm what? by kelemvor4 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Flying taxis have been a thing for years. It's done with airplanes. These days there's even websites dedicated to it. Just like uber didn't invent the regular taxi, they didn't invent the flying one either. Apparently Dara has never heard of google. Here's one of many: http://www.linearair.com/