Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com.
After completing its 500,000th delivery in January, one of drone delivery’s titans is still not satisfied.
Zipline Drone Delivery Just Got a Massive Upgrade
The company’s next-generation Platform 2 will enable 10-mile deliveries in 10 minutes.
Key Takeaways:
- Zipline has unveiled its Platform 2 (P2) autonomous drone delivery system, featuring faster, quieter drones capable of a 10-mile delivery in 10 minutes and a novel tethered "droid" for precise, silent doorstep drop-offs.
- The P2 system introduces asset-light, dual-use docking/charging hardware for businesses and a flexible "dock-to-dock" network model, enabling drones to charge and redeploy where demand is strongest.
- Zipline aims to normalize drone delivery, making it faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, and has secured partnerships with the government of Rwanda, Sweetgreen, and U.S. health systems for its rollout, targeting 1 million deliveries in 2023.
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