Porsche and Boeing likely won't be making a personal flying sports car—here's why:
, the cost per seat mile falls to $0.43/seat mile. At Elevate this year, Uber predicted that at inception UAM cost per seat mile will exceed . At scale Uber projects a cost of $1.86 per seat mile for a UAM with all four seats occupied. These estimates assume the UAM programs hit their targets and don’t take into account that the same technical innovations that make the decline in seat miles costs for UAM possible will also drive down the cost per seat mile of automobiles.
The superior operating economics for fleets, the high purchase costs for personal UAM vehicles and the time and effort required to get a pilot’s license will ensure that UAM manufacturers sell many fleet vehicles for every personal vehicle they sell. As a result, fleet vehicles should become the priority in Boeing’s and Porsche’s capital investment plans.The fleet market for UAM vehicles will grow off the base of UAM applications that helicopters fill today and then into the black car market.
The Bell Nexus concept vehicle is shown at the Uber Elevate Summit June 12, 2019 in Washington, DC, one of the vertical takeoff and landing vehicles or flying cars that will be part of Ubers fleet for aerial ride sharing. - Uber on June 11People often use helicopter services even though it costs more and doesn’t always save time. Recently, taxi helicopter race article from the 1970s using Uber’s new helicopter service to go to JFK.
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