Wing on Wednesday introduced drone delivery in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the DoorDash app. [Courtesy: Wing]
Key Takeaways:
DoorDash and Wing (Alphabet's drone arm) have launched app-based drone delivery in Charlotte, NC, offering food, beverages, and medicine (under 5 lbs) with delivery times under 30 minutes.
This service expands their existing collaboration, which has already facilitated tens of thousands of deliveries in Australia, Virginia, and Texas.
The automated process involves drones hovering and lowering packages via tether, with DoorDash viewing drone delivery as a key component of its long-term multimodal platform, despite current regulatory hurdles with the FAA.
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.
CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT
Sign up to keep reading
Create a free account to continue. Already a member? Sign in below.
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.
