Uber 發表 98 頁白皮書，描繪垂直起降空中運輸工具的未來 Uber publishes a 98-page white paper depicting the future of vertical takeoff and landing air transport
Uber 相當努力於主宰道路上的交通，讓車子的使用率發揮到最大，推出叫車服務、送餐服務、快遞服務，也將推出卡車版的 Uber，還正研發無人駕駛汽車希望能取代人力完成這一切服務。不過道路已經不足以滿足 Uber 了，27 日，Uber 拿出一本長達 98 頁的白皮書，提出垂直起降的空中運輸工具的想法，希望藉此讓都市運輸更快且不會塞車。
Uber is working hard to dominate the traffic on the road, maximizing the use of the car, launching a car service, food delivery service, courier service, and launching a truck version of Uber. It is also developing a driverless car that hopes to replace the manpower. All this service. However, the road is no longer enough to meet Uber. On the 27th, Uber came up with a 98-page white paper proposing the idea of a vertical take-off and landing air transport, hoping to make urban transport faster and without traffic jams.
這本叫做「Fast-Forwarding to a Future of On-Demand Urban Air Transportation」的白皮書，直譯大意是快速前瞻未來的隨呼即到都市空中運輸。裡面提到要開發一個在都市裡垂直起降（VTOL機、Vertical Take-Off and Landing）的空中運輸工具，它的旋翼片可以改變角度，與地面平行時可以垂直起降，與地面垂直時可以成為向前飛行的推力。
This white paper, called “Fast-Forwarding to a Future of On-Demand Urban Air Transportation,” is a literal translation of a fast-forward future. It is mentioned that it is necessary to develop an air transport tool for
vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) in the city. Its rotor blades can change the angle. When it is parallel to the ground, it can take off and land vertically. When it is perpendicular to the ground, it can Become the thrust of the forward flight.
Uber 的想法是，在長久的未來，垂直起降空中運輸工具會變成可以負擔的日常大眾交通運輸工具，而且優點是道路交通不再擁塞，排氣量也會大幅減少，而且甚至會比自己擁有一台車還要便宜。
Uber’s idea is that in the long-term future, vertical takeoff and landing air transport will become an affordable daily mass transit vehicle, and the advantage is that road traffic is no longer congested, the displacement will be greatly reduced, and even more than own A car is cheaper.
不過 Uber 雖提出了垂直起降空中運輸工具的概念，但它並不打算自己開發一架。Uber 希望能與汽車廠商、監管單位、政府單位以及其他公司一起開發出這個將會振奮市場的新交通工具，而 Uber 也知道，除了技術上要克服的問題，如何取得空中的行車秩序也將會是一大難題。
However, although Uber proposed the concept of vertical takeoff and landing air transport, it did not intend to develop one. Uber hopes to work with automakers, regulators, government agencies and other companies to develop this new vehicle that will inspire the market, and Uber knows that in addition to the technical problems to be overcome, how to get the air traffic order will also It is a big problem.
對於都市裡的空中運輸工具有興趣的不只有 Uber，Google 創辦人、Alphabet CEO Larry Page 也在今年 6 月以個人名義投資飛行汽車的新創公司 Zee Aero 和 Kitty Hawk。
Not only Uber is interested in air transport in the city, but Google founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page also invested in the car startups Zee Aero and Kitty Hawk in June.
文章來源：http://technews.tw/2016/10/28/uber-outlines-vision-for-flying-cars/
