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

Now that, deserves the title of the first flying taxi.

Regular Uber: $30 Flying Uber: $300

It looks impressive I'm not going to lie. Can we see a demo of it flying?

Skynet approved this aircraft.

it'll cost exactly the price of a current helicopter trip...cool design but it's just a helicopter

This is the stuff of the retro future that I like

It' s just a helicopter...

Eheng thing was a fake drone that can’t carry real passenger. This looks more legit

So someone pays a huge Uber fee to rent a helicopter that takes them 150 miles to a helicopter pad, then they rent an Uber to get where they need to go. I understand productivity and all, but this seems really stupid.

All I want is a cheap flying Uber small enough to fit in a Chipotle parking lot

I hope these flying vehicles stay within transportation companies only. The least I wanna expect is someone crashing on the roof of my house 😨🤣

Size is too big. Uber should work on small compact designs

Big droid: check Humanoid robot: check Homicidal AI: work in progress ... Almost there

The only way this thing works is like this. Every gas station has small helipad. Operators assist incoming and outgoing flights. There's no other way.

Can you imagine these things all over the country. I am a retired airline pilot. While they are cool I think high speed ground transportation such as Musks proposal of an underground 760 mph train is the way to go.........

Exciting?? Disappointing! Maybe I just don't get it, but it seems to me this thing, by requiring a helipad, can't really do anything that a helicopter can't. The whole point of "flying cars" is that they do *not* require their own infrastructure, but can travel wherever an ordinary car can.

Looks cool af

We need this, traffic is a joke.

The V-22 doesn't have ducted fans, genius

Why would this be more affordable than a helicopter? Helicopter services exist and are used by rich people and ambulance service. I understand this is a hybrid helicopter which may bring some efficiency and noise benefits but why would it revolutionize transportation. I have rarely been in a helicopter and having an app to reserve one won't make me want to spend the money more then than now.

How freaking loud is that thing?

Bell is based in Fort Worth, Texas, not Dallas.

1:32 They'll be making HISTORY!!!

What is the advantage of this to a helicopter in terms of price, landing spaces, size, fuel efficiency? How can this fly without a pilot if a car can't make it without one, when flying is more complex? This seems like a lot of noise and image uplifting to me.

My grandpa works for bell

my next personal vehicle. sweet.

The osprey doesn't use ducted fans, it uses tilt rotors.

Oh yaaa?

This need to have a gas hybrid power system, electric batteries can only do so much

But will it fit through a drive-thru for a 2am Jack's Tacos run?

Why would they need a pilot ?

I believe Thales is pronounced Ta-Les :-)

nice elicopter

Please let their be student discounts

at first thought, you would say wow! this is innovation. but really thinking about it, it is a just like helicopter. it will only land on helipads. so going from places to places is not the most fastest because you need to find a helipad to land this thing. this is the same reason you dont see a lot of helicopters used for daily transport.

how loud is this? I think something like Volocopter is going to be quieter

One word "WOW"

This looks a lot better than those retarded 20 propellor machines.

I don't want to imagine the price, easily over a mill,

this MUST happen!

ducted fans? how will it go forward? slowly i guess.

it's just a smaller helicopter

guessing first few year this will be affordable for the business people and not simple person....

Anybody else humming the Avatar theme while they watch? or is it just me?

0:29 He doesn't have an iPhone! 😀 :D 10:37 PM 1/29/2019

I dont get it. How is it better than an ordinary helicopter?

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Skynet is here people

It does not fly its a promo

Welcome to the FUTURE

Insurance for that thing will probably make it unprofitable. What if it crashes or falls out the sky and hits somebody.

That helicopter doesn't work why don't they show it flying

Yeah! He's talking like we, he ,will be using this service. Billionaire only my friend .

Nice video

Terminators no need to apply. Blade Runners are fine !

This design is worthy of an amusement park or as in this use, an eye catching marketing piece. But the economy of it, it's practical use or safety issues far outweigh the return on investment. Let's not let this become another grant seeking boondoggle project by engineers and companies looking for investment by governments or the marketplace. It sucks capital out of real solutions. Now if this unit was more wisely attached to a large helium blimp, I might be more prone to accept it as a coming reality. Thumbs up Engadget for a glimpse of what's happening. 741

It is going to be too expensive. Look at the size, it is impossible to manufacture that big cheap.

I have seen a hundred of these flying cars, but this is the one that looks like it can actually fly. All others are a joke.

Doesn't seem logical. It's too big. It can't land in small spaces. Won't work for Uber.

🙄 These numerous startups, who are Ignoring wings as the most efficient way to produce lift, start to annoy! "AgustaWestland Project Zero", "Aurora XV-24A"/"Lilium Jet" still seems the most efficient VTOL concepts because they are not ignoring the "real world" aerodynamic principles

Rich people mover.

it is just like a helicopter

So we would need an Uber ride to a helipad first (which usually sides miles away from home) then double back on this giant drone? Sounds like more time wasted, I rather just walk

Looks like a helicopter from Avatar however not a goddamn thing is going to fly unless they can acquire batteries which can do 5 Megajoules per Kg , cost less then 100$ per KwH , charge from zero to 100% in half hour , have a large battery life , capable of high number of charge/discharge cycles , not prone to catching fire or exploding , high resistance to heat and cold weather , etc

We are in the future

I better be able to afford this shit . I don't want a taxi I better own my shit. No harassing cops,repomen etc

Uber should be banned. Bell must be one and the only company working on this project. And it should be piloted hands.

All the designs of theses flying taxi's have visible blades. I don't understand why the design isn't with the propellers on the base of the craft like a hovercraft. For a better design. Then you could design models like the shuttle transporters on star trek, a more futuristic design. All the current models are like hellecopters.

Holy crap that’s so freaking lit. Watch that get hacked.... iRobot is now somewhat becoming a reality

Air Police Department.

So this is an example of what the future of air travel should not do. I have tried to explain in the past why this is a very bad idea. What everyone is missing here is the fact that unlike an real aircraft this thing can't fly with the power off. Even a helicopter can fly for a short time with a complete loss of power and all airplanes can glide with a complete loss of power for much longer. We don't ever want to rely on safety measures to keep us safe in the air. Thinking that electric motors or parachutes as a safety measure or a backup system is just a bad idea for many reasons. Yes it is true electric motors are very reliable but they can't auto rotate to slow your fall from the sky. You also have to think about sabotage and poor maintenance over time because people will be people. Then there is the weather to think about and lightning strikes. I can only hope it won't take a crash and the death of people before this kind of people mover is banned from flying in the cities of tomorrow. I hope someone with vision can see there is a better way and stop the madness.

Too big

Pick up drunk grandpa to destination moon 🌒.

Obesity ! Fly ? Lol

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