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Uber is getting ready to deliver whiskey and beer but dont hope for it in India yet Uber is getting ready to deliver whiskey and beer but dont hope for it in India yet Uber is set to acquire Drizly for $1.1 in the second half of 2021. Drizly partners with local sellers and then enlists delivery drivers similar to Uber Eats, to handle the delivery. The service is now available in over 1,400 cities across the United States. advertisement (Picture: Reuters) HIGHLIGHTS Uber is set to acquire alcoho...

Worlds first pop-up airport for electric flying cars, air taxis and delivery drones to launch in Coventry in November backed by a £1.2m Government grant - and it can be installed in a matter of days Called Air-One, it has been unveiled as part of a joint collaboration between Urban Air Port and Hyundai The first site will be installed by end of the end of 2021 and located off the A444 near the Ricoh Arena stadium The former car park will be transformed into an airport with a 14-metre diameter...

Uber has laid off about 185 Postmates workers, and plans to further integrate Postmates’ infrastructure within its Uber Eats segment. Uber acquired Postmates in July for $2.65 billion.

Uber has laid off about 185 Postmates workers, and plans to further integrate Postmates’ infrastructure within its Uber Eats segment, The New York Times reported. Uber acquired Postmates in July for $2.65 billion, following a failed attempt to buy rival food delivery service Grubhub.

Waiting for the eVTOL-taxi rank Considering how close to launch urban air mobility systems claim to be, it may appear strange how little public discussion about it there has been. DAVID LEARMOUNT looked at what steps are being taken to rectify this. Developing the enabling technologies for a new age of urban air mobility (UAM) is proceeding apace in many countries worldwide, yet debate in the public sphere about the change this will bring to urban life is almost non-existent. The Royal Aerona...

Uber planning to spin out Postmates’ delivery robot arm Another Uber spinout is in the works. Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion, is seeking investors in its bid to become a separate company, according to several people familiar with the plans. The startup is being referred to as Serve Robotics, a nod to the yellow and black-emblazoned autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and piloted by Postmates X...

 - January 15, 2021, 11:39 AM Germanys Volocopter plans to operate its two-seat VoloCity aircraft in air taxi services for several major U.S. cities. (Photo: Volocopter) Volocopter this week went public with its plans to introduce air taxi operations with its eVTOL aircraft into the U.S. market. In a January 15 announcement, the German startup said that the FAA has accepted its application to concurrently validate the EASA type certification it expects secure in the next two or three years. T...

In this week’s podcast, we go behind the scenes for a glimpse into how the cover story of the Jan 11-24 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology took sh

Company developing air taxi operation     DALLAS (KTVT) — A company that recently relocated from New Jersey to Dallas is developing an air taxi operation with plans to get off the ground in six years. The aircraft, being developed by Jaunt Air Mobility, takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter and flies like an airplane. Martin Peryea, Jaunt’s CEO said, “You can think of it as a helicopter with big wings on it.” The aircraft is all electric, powered by a battery. Jaunt COO ...

Uber has offloaded its Elevate unit, but flying taxis are still taking off Paul A. Eisenstein © Provided by NBC News Hammered by a huge falloff in ridership during the pandemic, Uber has sharply scaled back some of its most ambitious high-tech programs, pulling back on its dream of becoming a leader in the emerging air mobility business. But interest in flying cars and taxicabs has only grown as the countrys highways have become more crowded. Research Volvo Uber, which sold of...