Drones
DroneXL counts more than 30 Zipline sites across the US, with more being added.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Zipline operates more than 30 sites across the US, and is continuing to expand to meet demand.”
What it means
Zipline, from Zipline, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Zipline
- A Zipline drone opened its parachute on the way to a pickup and landed on Highway 6 in Cypress, near Houston. DroneXL reports no injuries or damage.
- Cleveland Clinic announced it had begun drone delivery of some prescription medicines with Zipline, within five miles of its Beachwood campus in Ohio.
- A Zipline drone flying for Walmart had a fault, opened its emergency parachute and came down on a street in Greenville, Texas. No one was hurt.
- Zipline said it had passed 2 million deliveries and raised more than $600 million, valuing the company at $7.6 billion.
- Zipline and Walmart started drone deliveries from the Walmart Supercenter in Mesquite, Texas, Zipline's first Walmart flights in Texas.
- Zipline said it had made one million paid drone deliveries worldwide.