AND HYUNDAI TEAMING UP FOR FLYING TAXIS AND HOW THEY PLAN
TO SHAPE THE FUTURE
TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSPORTATION. >> Reporter: THREE YEARS FROM
NOW WE CAN GET INTO ONE OF THESE
AND GO TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. .
. >> Reporter: THAT’S PRETTY COOL.
>> WE LIKE TO SAY IT’S CLOSER
THAN YOU THINK.
>> Reporter: WHAT WILL IT COST?
>> WHEN WE LAUNCH IN 2023, IT
WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE A PER
PERSON BASIS, A FUNDAMENTALLY
SHARED PRODUCT, THINKING OF IT
ON THAT BASIS AND WE WILL DO THE
PRICING AND BY APPLYING THE
POWER OF UBER NETWORKS AND
DEMAND WE CAN GENERATE AND
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY BEHIND
THE SCENES, WE THINK WE CAN GET
TO PRICING WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS
AND OPTIMIZE THE NETWORK.
EVENTUALLY, WE THINK WITH MASS
PRODUCTION AND THE ECONOMY AND
BECOME SELF-PILOTED WE THINK WE
CAN GET TO SOMETHING COMPETITIVE
AS FAR AS OWNERSHIP AND YOU
COULD CONCEIVABLY FLY EVERYDAY
THAN DRIVE EVERYDAY.
THAT’S OUR HOPE, NORTH STAR.
>> Reporter: HOW FAR DOES IT GO
FROM PER PERSON TO FULLY
AUTONOMOUS?
AUTONOMOUS? >> IT DEPENDS ON REGULATION.
AVIATION IS A HIGHLY REGULATED
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY. WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY ALL THE
RULES AND WORK WITH THE FAA AND
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY FITS IN.
WE KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES
THAT HAVE TO CHANGE TO ALLOW
SELF-PILOTED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
TO CARRY PASSENGERS.
WE’RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE VERS
OF THESE IN ORDER TO UNLOCK THAT
FUTURE STATE WHERE WE CAN HAVE
MORE LOWER PRICE POINTS THAT ARE
SELF-PILOTED.
SELF-PILOTED. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE A
PRODUCT THAT SEAMLESSLY CONNECTS
DIFFERENT MODES TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT
ENABLES THIS IS ELECTRIC OWNERS.
SAME THING AS TESLA, SAME THING
IN HYUNDAI’S ELECTRIC CARS THAT
THEY SELL, THAT SAME TECHNOLOGY
IS ABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE
TO BE BUILT, IT ALLOWS YOU TO
REDESIGN IT AND TAKE OFF WITH A
LANDING.
LANDING. WHAT IS MORE SUBTLE IS THAT RIDE
SHARING ITSELF, THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT POWERS UBER IS ENABLING
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE BELIEVE THIS
TYPE OF A VEHICLE HAS TO BE
REALLY WORKED IN -- WORKED BY A
PRODUCT WHERE WE CAN PULL PEOPLE
INTO VEHICLES AND MOVE THEM
AROUND SO WE CAN MINIMIZE THE
NUMBER OF TAKE OFF AND LANDING
SPOTS.
SPOTS. THAT TECHNOLOGY, ONE TRIP SO
THAT AS A PERSON WHO JUST WANTS
TO TAKE A RIDE AND GET SOMEWHERE
FAST, YOU DON’T HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT IT, YOU SAY I WANT TO TAKE
AN UBER AIR, WE PROVIDE THE CAR,
GETS YOU TO THE SKY PORT, AND WE
PROVIDE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY,
SEQUENCING BEHIND THE SCENES TO
MAKE THIS A MAGICAL TRIP.
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO
CREATE THIS MULTIMODAL END TO
END PRODUCTS THAT SAVES YOU A
WHOLE BUNCH OF TIME BY HAVING --
>> IS THIS UBER AIR SOMETHING
THAT ANYONE, ANY UBER CUSTOMER
CAN USE?
CAN USE? >> YES.
>> YES. SO BASICALLY THIS WILL BE A
PRODUCT THAT SHOWS UP IN THE APP
LIKE UBER BLACK AND UBER X, UBER
TRANSIT, WE LAUNCHED IN VEGAS
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. AND, YEAH, ANYONE CAN SELECT IT.
JUST LIKE WITH UBER IN NEW YORK,
IF YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PART OF
MANHATTAN, ANYONE CAN ACCESS
THIS AND TAKE IT AS LONG AS THE