San Francisco, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ride-hailing major Uber is negotiating with California-based aerospace startup Joby Aviation for the sale of air taxi business Uber Elevate, Axios reported.
A deal is expected to be announced later this month, said the report on Wednesday, citing multiple unnamed sources.
Although Uber has not confirmed the talks, the report comes at a time when the company's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi attempts to register profitability for the company, including sale of money-losing segments of the business.
Uber Elevate was formed with the aims of "transforming the world" through aerial ridesharing at scale.
The company had a helicopter service in New York City, but it had to suspend operations due to the pandemic.
The pandemic in fact hit Uber's business hard.
Monthly gross bookings in its ride-hailing division fell 50 per cent in the July-September quarter, the company said last month.
However, gross bookings in Uber Eats grew 135 per cent year-over-year, thanks to increased demand for food and grocery deliveries.
Electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation has raised over $700 million from firms like Toyota, Intel and JetBlue, said the Axios report.
Source: IANS
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