South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai and US ride-hailing firm Uber announced on Monday an agreement to collaborate on the development of air taxis at CES 2020.
“Hyundai is our first vehicle partner with experience of manufacturing passenger cars on a global scale. We believe Hyundai has the potential to build Uber Air vehicles at rates unseen in the current aerospace industry,” said Eric Allison, head of Uber Elevate, reports Efe news.
Under the agreement, Hyundai will be responsible for the manufacture and deployment of the air vehicles, while Uber will provide logistics so that the service can operate, connect drivers – or, in this case, pilots – with passengers and manage the transfer of clients to and from helipads.
