Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Alphabet’s Wing is launching a free 10-minute drone delivery service in Finland

Wing, the Alphabet-owned drone delivery startup, has announced that it will launch a trial service in Finland next year (via TechCrunch). Starting in spring 2019, the company will offer 10-minute deliveries of items of 1.5kg or less in weight over distances of up to 10km in the nation’s capital, Helsinki. Deliveries will be available for free as part of the trial, although the company intends to charge for them if a full commercial service launches.

While the company’s existing trial in Australia has already seen it deliver thousands of items including burritos, home hardware, and medicine, Wing hasn’t yet decided what it intends to pack into its Finnish drones. Instead, it’s currently taking suggestions for what it should deliver on...

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