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Bell Nexus First Look at CES 2019: Uber's future people movers

Publication Title
Engadget
Publication/Creation Date
January 9 2019
Creators/Contributors
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (contributor)
Uber (contributor)
Andrew Tarantola (creator)
Media Type
News Broadcast
Persuasive Intent
Information
Description
Bell, one of Uber's flying taxi partners, revealed the design of its vertical takeoff and landing air taxi at CES, a five-person hybrid-electric powered vehicle with six tilting ducted fans. The company showed off the cabin of its air taxi at CES last year, and this year, it's debuting a scale model of the vehicle now dubbed the Bell Nexus. It should be released around 2023.
HCI Platform
Other
Discursive Type
Responses To Inventions
Location on Body
Entire Body
Augments
Flying, Traveling, Moving, Navigating
Technology Keywords
Flying Cars, Self-Driving Cars, Electric Air Taxi, Hexacopters, Drones, Aircrafts
Keywords
Transportation, Design, Travel, Prototypes, Pre-Release, Aerospace, Safety, Futurism
Marketing Keywords
Bell, Bell Nexus, UberAir, CES 2019, Terminator 2
Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozjLlc7XNX4
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Related Items
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Uber
Andrew Tarantola
Verizon Media
Date archived
January 28 2019
Last edited
February 9 2021
How to cite this entry
Andrew Tarantola. (January 9 2019). "Bell Nexus First Look at CES 2019: Uber's future people movers". Engadget. Verizon Media. Fabric of Digital Life. https://fabricofdigitallife.com/Detail/objects/3525