Uber Plans to Take Ridesharing to the Skies: Meet the VTOL Flying Car
Uber is proving that it’s more than just a modern chauffeur service. With its self-driving taxis and, more recently, driverless truck deliveries, it’s revealed itself to be a real tech company that’s revolutionizing transportation. And it’s about to go further. Last month at the Nantucket Conference, Uber products head Jeff Holden hinted at the company’s research on vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Uber then released a 98-paged white paper yesterday detailing ju