Logistics startup Zipline wants to make deliveries by drone a sustainable, everyday convenience in the U.S.
has flown more than 38 million miles with its autonomous electric delivery drones since the company was founded in 2014. Zipline put its first fleet to work in Rwanda, delivering blood and other health supplies to clinics and hospitals. Since then, the Silicon Valley startup has expanded its service in six other countries, with limited delivery service and distribution centers in three states.
"The reason that number is important," says Zipline CEO and co-founder Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, "is that when you look at e-commerce in the US, a vast majority of packages weigh five pounds or less." To deliver cargo to a customer's door, the P2 Zip hovers around 300 feet above ground level and dispatches a kind of mini-aircraft and container called the "droid." The droid descends on a long thin tether, and maneuvers quietly into place with fan-like thrusters before setting down for package retrieval.
Zipline's new P2 Zip can dock and power up autonomously at a charging station that looks something like a street lamp with an arm and a large disc attached to that arm:Zipline docks can be installed in a single parking spot or alongside a building depending on zoning and permits.
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