DPD launches drone terminals in France
DPD has already been testing for more than a year with drone deliveries and did a test in September last year, where a drone flew 1200 kilometer with a package of 2 kilogram. Since then drones are already twice as strong so the weight of packages is probably soon to be no longer any issue.
Drones seem slower than road vehicles, currently with an average speed of about 30 kilometers per hour, but with the amount of package stations that larger delivery companies already have, hourly deliveries would probably already be possible if the drone starts to fly as soon as the order is made.
Amazon have been on the case for a while, too, but I can't quite imagine thousands of drones buzzing around overhead yet. Maybe things are further along than I thought?
How do they knock on the door?