After selecting Dallas and Los Angeles, two US cities, Uber is looking for a new metropolis to welcome the first flying taxis of the company. France, but also the Japan, theIndia, the Brazil and Australia are on the list of pre-selected countries.
“After Dallas and Los Angeles, we are now looking for a third international city.These three cities will be the first to offer uberAir flights, with the goal of operating demonstration flights from 2020 and to undertake commercial operations in 2023, “says Uber. The third city must meet three criteria: a metropolitan population of more than 1 million people in demand of new transport solutions, local actors motivated to develop these technologies, a ground network of taxis Uber important.
“Push a button and get a flight on demand”
The company states its ambitions: “In about five years, Uber customers in launching cities will be able to press a button and get a flight on demand.” To this end, Uber has built a network of partners including builders vehicles, developers, technology developers, etc. “
Obviously, Japan is considered for all the technological aspect that reflects the country, while the big cities of India can be best examples of priority cities to decongestion. According to Uber, Australia also seems to be a country particularly open to these technologies as discussions with the authorities have already been launched.
France represents an important country in the history of aviation. Paris also has a prominent place in the history of the development of the company, says the American. In addition to this announcement, Uber says it wants to experiment with the delivery of its Uber Eats products by drones.