Wing on Wednesday introduced drone delivery in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the DoorDash app. [Courtesy: Wing]
Key Takeaways:
DoorDash and Wing (Google's Alphabet) have launched an app-based drone delivery service in Charlotte, NC, offering food, beverages, and medicine weighing up to 5 pounds within 30 minutes.
This expansion builds on successful pilots in Australia, Virginia, and Texas, integrating drone delivery into DoorDash's platform as a long-term multimodal strategy.
The service employs automated drones that hover and lower packages via a tether, with companies advocating for updated, "right-sized" FAA regulations to enable wider national scaling of drone delivery operations.
Updated May 14 at 4:25 p.m. EDT with comment from Harrison Shih, head of product for DoorDash Labs.
Charlotte, North Carolina, is introducing app-based drone delivery of food, beverages, medicine, and other items weighing 5 pounds or less within 30 minutes.
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Jack is a staff writer covering advanced air mobility, including everything from drones to unmanned aircraft systems to space travel—and a whole lot more. He spent close to two years reporting on drone delivery for FreightWaves, covering the biggest news and developments in the space and connecting with industry executives and experts. Jack is also a basketball aficionado, a frequent traveler and a lover of all things logistics.
