Yesterday, Uber announced that it will invest twenty million euro (roughly twenty three million dollars) into building its first Advanced Technology Center in Paris. In it, the company plans to launch Uber Elevate, a flying taxi service. This video depicts the general idea of how will this futuristic taxi service work. According to tweet by Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, ”With world class engineers & its leading role in global aviation, France is the perfect place to advance Uber Elevate & new technology initiatives”. ATCP will focus not only on building flying taxis but also on development of artificial inteligence, machine learning, air traffic control, rooftop charging stations and more. Uber will co-operate with French company École polytechnique to make all of that possible.

Sounds ambitious.