I can get Zipline's mission [0], but personal deliveries ... ? A UPS truck with hundreds of packages surely is more efficient than an army of drones in urban areas.
https://x.company/projects/wing/
> "Wing is developing a new method of transporting goods that’s faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly"
What's the advantage compared to an electric van ?
> 27% of greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation.
I mean, yeah sure, but changing the last 3km of the delivery from van to drone won't change the fact that the coffee beans or new iphone you just bought came from the other side of the world via shipping containers which is 99%+ of the pollution associated to the delivery. [1]
[1] https://medium.com/@victoria27/heres-how-much-pollution-ship...