Uber Eats Testing Flying Meal Deliveries by Drone Again This Year
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- Uber Eats partners with Flytrex to test drone food deliveries in the US later this year.
- Deliveries aim to be faster, reduce congestion, and lower emissions.
- No price difference between drone and courier deliveries.
- Flytrex has already delivered over 200,000 meals in the US in the past three years.
- Flytrex is FAA-authorized for Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations.
- Uber invests in Flytrex to scale drone deliveries.
- Previous Uber drone delivery attempts (Uber Elevate and an unmanned aerial system) were discontinued.