CommercialExperiencing Uber's Vision for Urban Air Mobility at Uber Elevate Take a ride with Uber Elevate, traveling 47 miles over congested roads in under 10 minutes total. Turn to your right, and you will see Oakland's Oracle Arena dropping away, the site…
CommercialUber Elevate: All the Highlights from UAM's Biggest Show Uber's third annual Elevate Summit has closed, and you can be forgiven for missing some of the announcements which hit downtown Washington fast and hard. Luckily, Avionics is here to round them…
ATM ModernizationNine of Uber's Favorite Skyport Concepts Uber has announced eight architecture firms to design future skyports for its first three cities, and, at its third annual Elevate Summit, the companies showcased leading concepts. "This year, we invited innovative…
CommercialHow Batteries Will Power the Next Evolution of Aviation To certify battery packs for use in electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles, companies need data. But, how do you test something that isn't yet happening? Painstakingly, it turns out. The first step is…
CommercialSafran Wants to Get You Inside an Air Taxi, But Isn't Sure Whose Yet Safran designing cabins for Uber air taxis is a bit of an unusual arrangement because Uber Elevate is not in the business of manufacturing aircraft. It does afford some opportunities, though, according…
CommercialThe Air Taxi Challenges Uber Isn't Considering Not so fast, Uber. Breaking into the urban air mobility market means a lot of challenges that a company new to the game has no way of accounting for, according to Itai…
CommercialBell Secures Battery Maker for VTOL Air Taxi Bell has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to develop energy storage solutions for its vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft project. The planned on-demand urban mobility aircraft has continued to take shape as Bell periodically announces…
ATM ModernizationUber Eyes Regulation Changes to Facilitate Air Taxi Plans A considerable decrease to the current FAA-controlled airspace separation requirements is a built-in assumption in Uber Elevate’s business model as the company scales up, according to Tom Prevot, Uber’s director of airspace…
CommercialUber's Plan to Take Ridesharing to the Skies With Uber’s second annual Elevate Summit came big promises. The ridesharing giant’s plan for a network of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft to ease frustrating ground traffic in urban areas was unheard of…
CommercialElectric Air Taxi by Embraer? First Concept Unveiled at Uber Elevate Embraer subsidiary Embraer X unveiled its first electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept at Uber Elevate in Los Angeles. "We have excelled in our near-50-year journey by introducing innovations into…