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Uber will add Blade’s helicopters to its platform as early as 2026
The move comes just one month after Uber partner Joby acquired Blade's passenger business.
Joby, meanwhile, acquired Uber’s “Elevate” air taxi division in 2020, which gave the startup a boost in its plans to build electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Sean O’Kane is a reporter who has spent a decade covering the rapidly-evolving business and technology of the transportation industry, including Tesla and the many startups chasing Elon Musk. He previously worked at The Verge, where he also covered consumer technology, hosted many short- and long-form videos, performed product and editorial photography, and once nearly passed out in a Red Bull Air Race plane.
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