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Uber Partnering with Aurora on Urban eVTOL Network
The agreement calls for the delivery of 50 test vehicles by 2020.
Uber is partnering with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the proposed Uber Elevate Network, which would provide passenger transport and package delivery. (Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences)
Uber is partnering with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the proposed Uber Elevate Network, which would provide passenger transport and package delivery. (Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences)

Global ride-sharing service Uber announced this afternoon that it is partnering with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its proposed Uber Elevate Network, which includes passenger transport and package delivery. The announcement was made at the three-day industry Elevate Summit that kicked off today in Dallas to discuss the future of urban vertical flight.