Uber’s air taxis will resemble really nice helicopters on the inside

Uber has shown off what it wants the insides of its flying taxis to look like for the first time. The company debuted a reference design for the vehicles it believes will eventually power a service called “Uber Air” at the third annual Elevate conference, which is all about flying taxi tech.

Many of the designs Uber has toyed with for its air taxi service resemble more advanced helicopters, so it’s unsurprising that the reference design revealed looks a lot like the inside of one (though not nearly as spartan). It also kind of looks like the inside of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.

There are four passenger seats, arranged…

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