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Briefing
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- NASA Engineer Hire – Hires former NASA engineer Mark Moore as new Director of Engineering for Aviation to help with research for flying taxi project, Uber Elevate
- Experience and Expertise – Moore previously researched small helicopter-like vehicles capable of vertical take-off and landing while at NASA
- Uber Elevate – Envisions flying taxis that can fly 50 to 100 miles on single charge, and can be summoned via mobile app
- Vertiports and Vertistops – Published in October 2016 plans for vertiports and vertistops (vertical takeoff and landing hubs equipped with charging infrastructures) for aerial vehicles traveling between and inside large urban cities
- Obstacles – Technological hurdles remain, such as obtaining electric power requirements, dealing with noise, and finding safe places to land, as well as regulatory barriers
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Accelerator
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Information Technology, Transportation and Logistics
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Organization
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Uber Technologies Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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February 8, 2017
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