If you think roads are congested and traffic a pain, fret not. Because you may soon be able to fly to work Uber recently selected India as one of the short-listed countries that could be home to an International Uber Air City in the next five years Doesn't that sound enticing
After evaluating countries across the globe, Uber Elevate (the ride-hailing platform's aerial taxi arm) announced Japan, India, Australia, Brazil and France as shortlisted countries at the first 'Uber Elevate Asia Pacific Expo' in Tokyo. Uber will choose one of the cities from these five shortlisted countries as its third launch city for flying taxis - after Dallas and Los Angeles in the US.
"Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru are some of the most congested cities in the world, where travelling even a few kilometers can take over an hour. Uber Air offers tremendous potential to help create a transportation option that goes over congestion, instead of adding to it," the company said in a statement. Uber Elevate also announced plans to experiment with drone delivery for Uber Eats, and demonstrated how potential Uber Air routes in Asia Pacific cities could benefit local transportation systems.
In the next five years, Uber customers in launch cities will be able to push a button and get a flight on demand. To enable this, Uber has assembled a network of partners that includes vehicle manufacturers, real estate developers, technology developers and more.
Dallas and Los Angeles were previously announced as the first two US launch cities and at the second annual Uber Elevate Summit in May, Uber announced it was seeking an international city as a third partner.
"The Uber Elevate team is now inviting conversations with stakeholders across major cities in these countries, and will announce the chosen Uber Air international city within the next six months," said the company.
Aren't we all super excited about this
(With inputs from PTI)
