Uber has unveiled its "flying car" concept aircraft at its second annual ... The prototypes look more like drones than helicopters, with four rotors on wings. Company officials say that will ...

“Second, how do you integrate flying cars? How does it work in the ... underway with the FAA to manage the airspace for drone applications. Uber would be part of the fourth phase of this program ...

Uber isn't developing flying cars in-house, however ... so it can operate as a personal drone for recreational activity. Since there are no certified actual flying cars yet, regulations ...

So it’s natural for drone ... its cars. That approach has occasionally backfired—and helped cost founder Travis Kalanick his job—but it led Uber to a $72 billion valuation. For flying ...

Uber unveiled its flying-car concept Tuesday ... The release of its drone-like prototype is part of a collaborative approach Uber says is important to making sure safety and design concerns ...

It also remains to be seen if the public will tolerate the noise of flying cars. The smallest drones can sound like a beehive. Uber believes VTOLs will be half as loud as a medium-sized truck ...

Uber’s “flying car” project Elevate came whizzing back ... which was first introduced in 2015 to regulate drone traffic. As The Verge’s Ben Popper wrote two years ago: “It’s an attempt ...

Uber believes it can create an air taxi service that, until now, has been something in sci-fi movies: buzzing drone-like vehicles flying all over the skies. Big aerospace companies including Bell ...

Holden also has an overly optimistic timeline of a decade for getting these drones ... few concerns Uber will need to address. The FAA is unlikely to just rubber-stamp a flying car without ...

Uber says it plans to begin testing Elevate ... We’ve been dreaming of – call them flying cars, personal drones, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, whatever you like – for more than 100 years.

Plans to Test Fleet in Pittsburgh If Uber and the like are turning the United States into a nation of passengers rather than drivers, the company’s flying-drones idea could take us out of cars ...