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uber wants to reach new heights not content with self-driving cars on the road uber is getting serious about flying cars in the sky the ride-sharing company has just hired a former aircraft engineer from NASA this follows the release of a document called uber elevate at the end of 2016 so what is uber elevate urban air transportation that doesn't rely on fixed routes like cars trains and buses use the company claims that flying vehicles could drastically cut commute times a trip from San Francisco's marina district to San Jose that would normally take two hours could be cut down to just 15 minutes mark Moore a former aircraft engineer at NASA is ubers director of engineering for aviation his experience vertical takeoff and landing or VTOL aircraft these electric aircraft take off and land just like helicopters but they're much smaller and make far less noise Uber's not planning to build a flying cars though just build the ecosystem now Yves is not alone in finding a future in the skies Google's Larry Page personally funded a flying car startup called the Aero in 2010 then there's companies like arrow mobile and Terrafugia that are already developing these vehicles so when could we expect flying cars well over definitely optimistic outlining a 10-year plan for certification so testing would take place by 2025 to land all the latest tech news visit cnet.com