AXIOS January 2, 2024
After more than a decade of development, delivery drones are finally going mainstream this year.
- Still, they won’t be quite as ubiquitous as the blue Amazon vans or brown UPS trucks in your neighborhood — yet.
What’s happening: With some (but not all) regulatory hurdles cleared, retailers, medical centers and logistics platforms will start offering drone delivery in many more suburban neighborhoods in 2024.
- That means receiving meals, prescriptions and household items at your doorstep in less than 30 minutes.
Why it matters: More electric drones in the sky means fewer noisy trucks on the road and less tailpipe emissions.
- Your grandchildren will wonder why anyone used a multi-ton vehicle to deliver a 5-pound package. ...
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