Nikhil Goel

Part of Joby Aviation, Inc., Uber Elevate, Inc. is a company that aims to make flight demonstrations in 2020 and offer commercial flights to riders by 2023. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. Uber Elevate has partnered with various experienced manufacturers, including Hyundai Motor Group, Aurora Flight Sciences (now a subsidiary of Boeing), Bell, Embraer, Joby Aviation, Pipistrel Aircraft, Karem Aircraft, and Jaunt Air Mobility. Additionally, Uber Elevate has formed real estate partnerships with Hillwood Properties, Related, Macquire, Oaktree, and Signature. The company has also collaborated with NASA on the development of new unmanned traffic management concepts and urban air mobility technologies. Uber Elevate envisions electric vehicles traveling at speeds up to 200mph and expects the cost of an Uber Elevate ride to eventually be equivalent to an UberX trip of the same distance. The company was founded in 2016 by Mark Moore and Nikhil Goel, with Francois Pascal Chadwick as the CEO. Uber Elevate was acquired by Joby Aero, Inc., a subsidiary of Joby Aviation, Inc., from Uber Technologies, Inc. on December 08, 2020.