Why did We Hear 5 Years Ago That Online Orders Would Be Delivered By Drone, And This Is Nowhere Near Happening Yet?

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Why did We Hear 5 Years Ago That Online Orders Would Be Delivered By Drone, And This Is Nowhere Near Happening Yet?

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At the time Amazon was looking at various avenues to distance itself from some postal services. They invested money in drone delivery and some jurisdictions have it. But in the end drone delivery just wasn’t as cost effective as parcel delivery by van. For most North American cities the travel distance of these drones just ended up being too long for the amount of items packed in each parcel.

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