U-Uber wabhengeza izicwangciso zokuphehlelela iimoto ezibhabhayo kunyaka ozayo eMelbourne, e-Australia. Isixeko sesesithathu siphawulwe ngu-Uber ngenkonzo entsha yeeteksi, ngelixa isebenza ukudala "inethiwekhi yokuqala yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya."
Esinye sezona zixeko zixhaphakileyo e-Australia sisetelwe ukuba sibe yimakethi yokuqala yamazwe aphesheya ye-Uber Air, ibetha izixeko zaseBrazil, eFrance, eIndiya naseJapan ukuba ijoyine iDallas neLos Angeles, njengendawo yokulinga yeprojekthi. Iinqwelomoya zovavanyo zicwangciselwe i-2020, ngelixa imisebenzi yorhwebo isetelwe ukuqala ngo-2023.
"Sifuna ukwenza ukuba abantu bacofe iqhosha kwaye bafumane inqwelomoya," u-Eric Allison, intloko ye-Uber Elevate, utshilo uLwesithathu.
Indlela ehamba ngenqwelomoya icwangciselwe ukugubungela iikhilomitha ezili-19 ukusuka kwi-Central Business District (CBD) ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iMelbourne kwaye uthathe imizuzu eli-10, endaweni yohambo oluqhelekileyo olusuka kwimizuzu engama-25 ukuya malunga neyure. Inqwelo moya kulindeleke ukuba ixabise imali engaphantsi kweedola ezingama-90, malunga nokuhamba kwinqwelo mafutha yaseUber emnyama.
Inkonzo yeteksi yasemoyeni isetelwe ukuba iphehlelelwe kwangoko kunesiqhagamshelo sikaloliwe ekudala silindelwe kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseMelbourne. Umzila kaloliwe uza kudibanisa ihabhu lomoya kunye neMelbourne CBD ngowama-2031.
Iprojekthi yoMoya ka-Uber ithi abakhweli banokuthatha indawo ethe nkqo yokuhamba ngokuthe nkqo kunye nokufika kwenqwelomoya (VTOL) enokuhamba phakathi 'kwezikhephu ezikwisikhululo seenqwelomoya' ezinokukwazi ukufikelela kumawakawaka omhlaba ngeyure. Inkampani isebenza nabenzi beenqwelomoya abahlanu, kubandakanya iBoeing, ukuyila inqwelomoya yokukhwela kwixesha elizayo.
Nangona kunjalo, u-Uber unokujamelana neengxaki ezithile zokufumana inyathelo emhlabeni, abanye abahlalutyi bakholelwa. Umzekelo, ukunqongophala kwemigaqo efanelekileyo, ukufumana isatifikethi sokhuseleko, kunye nokuvunywa kweendlela zomoya, kunye nokwakha iziseko zeprojekthi.
“Ndingakuthandi ukusibona sikwimeko apho siphindaphindeka khona isithuthi sika-Uber apho oorhulumente bengazilungelanga ngokwaneleyo obu buchwephesha, kwaye bengasebenzi ngokukuko kwezi nkampani ukujonga indlela yokuqinisekisa ukuba sinako uzuze kobu buchwephesha, ungapheleli kwimeko apho iziphithiphithi zizonke, ”utshilo uJake Whitehead, umphandi weYunivesithi yaseQueensland.
