«Breaking News» Electric minicabs flying at 200mph will pick you up from a car park by 2023

Uber has said that it could be running a flying taxi service in four years.

Passengers using the smartphone app will be collected from pick-up points on the top of a tall office building, a multi-storey car park or a shopping centre.

And they will be able to beat gridlocked roads by flying in one of Uber's electric planes at speeds of between 150 and 200mph, the company said.

The planes could cover up to 60 miles on a single charge, with batteries boosted again within five minutes.

Passengers using the UberAir smartphone app will be collected from pick-up points on the top of a tall office building, a multi-storey car park or a shopping centre

The service is not intended for the elite. The company hopes to offer its flying taxi service at a price only a third higher than the cost of a normal taxi.

For example, it could cost £46 to complete a 25-mile journey in an ordinary Uber taxi, but £70 using UberAir.

A spokesman said UberAir will make its debut in the American cities of Los Angeles and Dallas in 2023, with global expansion planned in the years after that. It is hoping the taxis may fly in British skies in the next decade, but the UK debut will depend on successful launches in other locations first.

And it will probably be more difficult for Uber to launch them in British cities than abroad because of the UK's strict airspace regulations.

The electric planes, which will fly between 1,000 and 2,000ft above ground, have become 'a core need' in cities where traffic-congested routes are at breaking point, according to Uber.

Pilots will fly up to four passengers through 'virtual lanes' after collecting them from the pick-up points. Once the project is completed, users could order and board one of the 'flying cars' in as little as five minutes.

The company hopes to offer its flying taxi service (pictured) at a price only a third higher than the cost of a normal taxi 

The average flight will be 25 miles. Uber says that such a journey might take 69 minutes in a traditional taxi but 33 minutes using UberAir.

The flight would be 11 minutes with the rest of the time taken walking or taking a traditional taxi to and from the pick-up and drop-off point.

Uber is working with five companies on designs for its flying taxis and is still developing plans on how and if the vehicles would be able to fly in bad weather. The company has conceded that it may need to train a new workforce of pilots. Thomas Prevot, its director of airspace systems, said Uber will initially work with trained ex-commercial airline pilots. But he added: 'As we build this out, we already have a pilot shortage, so we have to find ways to attract and train additional pilots.

'We hope that these vehicles can be flown more simply than helicopters and hopefully, over time, we could have a quicker training programme so that we can increase the pool of people.'

Uber was locked in a court battle last summer over whether it was a 'fit and proper' private hire company and should be allowed to continue operating in London. It was put on a 15-month 'probation period' by Transport for London.  

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Passengers using the smartphone app will be collected from pick-up points on the top of a tall office building, a multi-storey car park or a shopping centre.
And they will be able to beat gridlocked roads by flying in...

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