Walmart is Ending DroneUp Deliveries in Three States
August 21, 2024 | 1 min to read
Walmart is discontinuing its drone delivery services in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa due to sustainability issues, as reported by Axios. This decision follows a 2022 announcement of a broader expansion with partner DroneUp. Currently, drone deliveries cost around $30, but CEO Tom Walker stated that the goal is to reduce this price to below $7.
Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Tampa, Florida, because the services in those cities weren’t sustainable, according to Axios. This is after Walmart and DroneUp announced in 2022 that they would be bringing drone delivery to those states as part of a broader expansion.
Right now, it costs about $30 to use a drone to deliver a package, but DroneUp wants to bring the cost down so that it’s less than $7, DroneUp CEO Tom Walker told Axios.
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