The Future of Zipline and Drone Delivery Services
Zipline is not the only company making waves in drone delivery services. As well as its partnership with Zipline, Walmart is also partnered with competitor Wing, which focuses on residential deliveries and has reportedly clocked in more than 450,00 deliveries since 2012. Other competitors include Amazon Prime Air and DroneUp, who Walmart cut ties with only a few months ago.
Alongside Walmart, Zipline has lent its services to food companies including Sweetgreen and Chipotle, as well as health clinics and hospital systems such as Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic. Since Tuesday’s launch, the company have also shared its plans to expand into the Dallas metropolitan area.
The landscape of logistics is no doubt likely to change with stricter tariffs now in place. However, the increasing accuracy and speed of these deliveries could see them become more convenient to busy people than the other services already in place.
