A former Nasa manufacture has been appointed by taxi-hailing company Uber to simply help its study in to traveling cars.

Mark Moore is joining Uber's Elevate division as its director of engineering for aviation.Uber's interest in flying cars was outlined in a White Paper in October, which discussed vertical take-off and landing on-demand (VTOL) aviation.It welcomed Mr Moore's appointment, adding its wider role was as a catalyst to the "growing VTOL ecosystem".Uber is already investing in self-driving cars, with partnerships with Volvo and Daimler.