{"id":15996,"date":"2018-05-10T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15996"},"modified":"2018-05-10T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:46:09","slug":"sci-tech-videos-uber-elevate-summit-2018-latest-on-evtol-flying-taxi-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15996","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech Videos: Uber Elevate Summit 2018 &#8211; Latest on eVTOL flying taxi technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/info\/elevate\/\" target=\"_d\">Uber Elevate<\/a> is Uber&#8217;s program to support development of electric powered flying taxis that take off and land vertically. The second\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/info\/elevate\/summit\/\" target=\"_d\">Uber Elevate Summit<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was held this week in Los Angeles and companies from around the world presented the status and plans for the vehicles. Infrastructure, regulatory issues, battery technology, electric power supply, and other issues surrounding such services were discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Here are videos of the presentations on the first day. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/info\/elevate\/summit\/#elevate-summit-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schedule<\/a> for a list of the session.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnceMcSnjQ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rWvQuk0_xjs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video from Uber showing a generic version of the service they would like to provide to urban customers:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JuWOUEFB_IQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** Here is a video of the talk given by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aurora.aero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aurora Flight Sciences<\/a> Founder &amp; CEO John Langford on how &#8220;Aurora is building the certifiable autonomous systems that will enable all of tomorrow\u2019s intelligent aircraft \u2013 of any shape&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BfD97l5Bqws?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** Bell Helicopter presented their concept for an air taxi, though their video shows only the interior of their design:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4J2m5GXLlk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** Pipistrel introduced a new eVTOL design at the event &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pipistrel.si\/news\/pipistrel-at-2nd-uber-elevate-summit\" target=\"_d\">At 2nd UBER elevate summit Pipistrel reveals new eVTOL Concept and strategic partnership with Elan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pipistrel.si\/news\/pipistrel-at-2nd-uber-elevate-summit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15997\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pipistrel eVTOL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15997\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vtol-Concept-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=grocery&amp;banner=00G7Z5DTSFKX6MTTBPR2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=6b49309f10639a0063e8c2710e9c356a&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber Elevate is Uber&#8217;s program to support development of electric powered flying taxis that take off and land vertically. The second\u00a0Uber Elevate Summit\u00a0was held this week in Los Angeles and companies from around the world presented the status and plans for the vehicles. Infrastructure, regulatory issues, battery technology, electric power supply, and other issues surrounding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15996\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech Videos: Uber Elevate Summit 2018 &#8211; Latest on eVTOL flying taxi technology<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4a0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14266,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14266","url_meta":{"origin":15996,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Uber unveils electric VTOL flying taxi service to start in 2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"And now Uber unveils its prototype electric vertical takoff and and landing (eVTOL) vehicle for a flying taxi service that it will begin testing in Dallas and Dubai in 2020. 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