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Uber Is Opening a Flying-Car Lab in Paris
- French R&D center will be the first for Uber outside the U.S.
- Part of CEO’s vision for shared, electric and “3D” transport
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Uber Technologies Inc. will open its first research and development center outside of the U.S., a lab in Paris focused on flying cars.
“We’re no longer just about cars, we’re about urban mobility,” Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said Thursday in an on-stage interview at a technology conference in Paris. “It includes cars, carpool, electric bikes and flying cars we hope.”