There's no room for cup holders in Uber's vision for electric air taxis
Uber aims to engineer an efficient urban air transport network, and that means no cupholders or seat-back pouches in its air taxis, the better to keep weight down and quickly deboard passengers so the next flight can take off within five minutes.
“We realized for an 8-minute flight, that’s all irrelevant,” says Ian Scoley, a vice president at Safran’s design and innovation studio in Huntington Beach, California. Adapted from Safran helicopter seats, they’re fixed and don’t recline—no need on an aircraft where passengers will be aboard for a maximum of 20 minutes, and the hardware would add weight. Bags won’t be stowed underneath seats since that space is a crumple zone.
There’s no lining in the interior, as airliners have—passengers see the backside of the structure of the vehicle. The windows are expansive, but not too big because window glass is heavier than the fuselage material.
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