Uber Partners With NASA in Vision for Managing Flying Cars
- Test vehicles will launch in Dallas, Los Angeles by 2020
- Collaboration will boost uberAIR’s speed to market, Uber says
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Uber Technologies Inc. advanced its vision of a network of flying cars by signing an agreement with NASA on how to safely manage the futuristic systems.
The ride-sharing startup has said it plans to roll out an on-demand vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) network in Dallas and Dubai by 2020, and Wednesday added Los Angeles to the list. But many regulatory hurdles will need to be cleared before that can happen, including approval by the Federal Aviation Administration, which will have to figure out how flying cars can get along with airplanes, helicopters and drones in the sky.