Uber yakazivisa zvirongwa zvekutanga kuyedza kwemotokari dzayo dzinobhururuka gore rinouya muMelbourne, Australia. Guta iri rechitatu rakamirirwa neUber kune itsva tekisi sevhisi, apo iri kushanda kugadzira "yekutanga nyika nendege rideshare network."
Rimwe remaguta ane vanhu vazhinji muAustralia rakagadzirirwa kuve musika wepasi rose weUber Air, ichirova maguta muBrazil, France, India, neJapan kujoina Dallas neLos Angeles, senzvimbo yekutyaira chirongwa ichi. Ndege dzekuyedza dzakarongerwa 2020, nepo mashandiro ekutengeserana akagadzirirwa kutanga muna 2023.
"Tinoda kuita kuti vanhu vakwanise kubaya bhatani uye vatore ndege," akadaro Eric Allison, mukuru wepasi rose weUber Elevate, akadaro neChitatu.
Iyo nzira yemuchadenga yakagadzirirwa kufukidza makiromita 19 kubva kuCentral Business District (CBD) kuenda kuMelbourne Airport uye kutora maminetsi gumi, pachinzvimbo cherwendo rwenguva dzose rwunotora kubva pamaminetsi makumi maviri nemashanu kusvika panenge paawa. Ndege iyi inonzi inotarisirwa kuita isingasviki madhora makumi mapfumbamwe, ingangofanana nerwendo mumotokari yepamusoro yeUber Black.
Iyo tekinoroji sevhisi sevhisi yakagadzirirwa kuvhurwa kunyange nekukurumidza kupfuura iyo yakamirirwa kwenguva refu njanji yekubatana kuMelbourne Airport. Iyo njanji inobatanidza iyo yemhepo hubhu kuMelbourne CBD na2031.
Iyo Uber Air chirongwa chinotaura kuti vatasvi vanogona kutora yakatarwa kusimuka kusimuka uye kumhara ndege (VTOL) iyo inogona kufamba pakati pe 'skyports' inokwanisa kubata kusvika chiuru kumhara paawa. Iyo kambani iri kushanda pamwe nevashanu vanogadzira ndege, kusanganisira Boeing, kugadzira iyo ndege yemangwana anokwira.
Nekudaro, Uber angatarisana nezvimwe zvipingamupinyi kuti abvise danho pasi, vamwe vaongorori vanotenda. Semuenzaniso, kushomeka kwemirau yakakodzera, kuwana chengetedzo chitupa, uye kubvumidzwa kwenzira dzemhepo, pamwe nekuvaka zvivakwa zvepurojekiti.
"Ndinovenga kutiona tiri pachinzvimbo chiri kudzokororwa kweUber pasi mota idzo hurumende dzisina kugadzirira zvakakwana tekinoroji iyi, uye vasingashande pamwe nemakambani aya kutarisa kuti tingaite sei kuti tikwanise ubatsirwe neiyi tekinoroji, uye usazopedzisira wave mumamiriro ezvinhu ane mhirizhonga, "akadaro Jake Whitehead, mutsvagiri weYunivhesiti yeQueensland.
