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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. The Serve robot, which recently partnered with Pink Dot Stores for deliveries in West Hollywood, w...

 - January 15, 2021, 11:39 AM Germany's 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. The company said that its application was accepted by the FAA on December 22. According to a spokesw...

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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 Jesse Crispino said, “We’re at the cusp of the next revolution with electric flight.” The comp...

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 country's highways have become more crowded. Research Volvo Uber, which sold off its autonomous vehicle unit last week, announced that it has also offloaded Uber Elevate, the air...