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Rakuten and Sieyu supermarket company to test drone deliveries in Japan in July

June 19, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Rakuten and Sieyu supermarket company to test drone deliveries in Japan in July

Retail Insight magazine reports that e-commerce company Rakuten has partnered with Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu to test drone delivery service, from 4 July, this year. “Seiyu LIVIN Yokosuka store in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, will […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Airbus, Groupe ADP and partners plan Paris urban air mobility service for 2024 Olympics

June 18, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Airbus, Groupe ADP and partners plan Paris urban air mobility service for 2024 Olympics

Airbus, Groupe ADP and the RATP Group, along with the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DGAC), have announced the launch of a feasibility study to demonstrate an urban system of vertical […]

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Airbus and Hauts-de-France region study drone delivery business opportunities

June 18, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Airbus and Hauts-de-France region study drone delivery business opportunities

Airbus and the Hauts-de-France region have today a framework agreement to assess the economic development potential of air deliveries on a regional scale.. The Hauts-de-France region, through Hauts-de-France Innovation Development (HDFID), and Airbus Defence and […]

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Zomato starts food delivery by drone in India

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Zomato starts food delivery by drone in India

Food delivery company Zomato reports it has successfully tested food delivery from a hybrid drone. We have been busy trying to build the tech to get your food to you in less than 15 minutes,” […]

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Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber to start delivering food by drone in San Diego

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber to start delivering food by drone in San Diego

Uber Eats will begin testing drone delivery of McDonald’s burgers in San Diego, executives announced at the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, D.C. According to the company “Uber Air will be powered by Elevate Cloud […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Jaunt joins the list of Uber air taxi industry partnerships

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Jaunt joins the list of Uber air taxi industry partnerships

Uber has announced that Jaunt Air Mobility – a specialised developer of reduced rotor operating speed (ROSA) aircraft – will partner Uber to develop an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, “Jaunt Air […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber’s air taxi interior design is revealed

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – Uber’s air taxi interior design is revealed

At the 2019 Uber Elevate Summit the company exhibited its helicopter-like interior designs for its air taxis, designed by partner Safran Cabin. The interiors feature four passenger seats, with space for luggage behind the rear […]

Air taxis and personal transports

The Uber Air vision of urban air mobility faces multiple, complex regulatory challenges

June 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on The Uber Air vision of urban air mobility faces multiple, complex regulatory challenges

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes and Beth Stevenson On 10 June a helicopter crashed in flames onto the roof of an office building on Seventh Avenue in New York, killing the pilot Tim McCormack. It was another salient reminder, […]

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Uber chooses Melbourne as international UAM city -“Sydney and others will follow soon”

June 11, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber chooses Melbourne as international UAM city -“Sydney and others will follow soon”

The third Uber Air market city – after Los Angeles and Dallas and the first outside the USA – has been nominated as Melbourne, Australia. The choice was announced by Susan Anderson, Regional General Manager, […]

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Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – EmbraerX unveils eVTOL concept

June 11, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off on Uber Elevate Summit 2019 – EmbraerX unveils eVTOL concept

EmbraerX has today unveiled a new electric flying vehicle concept during Uber Elevate Summit 2019 in Washington, D.C. The aircraft concept, with electric vertical take-off and landing capability, known as eVTOL, is part of the […]

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