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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

At Uber's Elevate conference, the company revealed some price targets [techcrunch.com] for its upcoming vertical takeoff and landing flying taxi service:

The passenger cost per mile, [Uber Head of Elevate Eric] Allison said, needs to be competitive with the variable cost of car ownership. Car ownership, on a per mile basis, costs between $0.464 to $0.608, according to AAA [aaa.com].

However, uberAIR will not be cheaper on a cost per passenger mile at launch. Initially, uberAIR will cost $5.73 per passenger mile. In the near-term, Uber says it will get the cost down to $1.86 per passenger mile before ideally getting to $0.44 per passenger mile. At that point, it would actually be cheaper to use uberAIR.

uberAIR is scheduled to begin testing in 2020, with the first official passenger trip in 2023.

Previously: Uber Lays Out Vision for Flying Commuter Transit [soylentnews.org]
Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars [soylentnews.org]

Related: An Idea That Just Might Take Off [soylentnews.org]

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