# Zipline - electric, autonomous drone delivery

**URL:** https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/zipline-electric-autonomous-drone-delivery/1425
**Category:** Services and Products
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/zipline-electric-autonomous-drone-delivery/1425 "2023-03-21T05:44:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![ajinasokan](https://grove.rainmatter.org/user_avatar/grove.rainmatter.org/ajinasokan/32/789_2.png) [@ajinasokan](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/ajinasokan)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/zipline-electric-autonomous-drone-delivery/1425/1 "2023-03-21T05:44:07Z")

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This one seems to be not a vapourware. They are already in service for years in Rwanda, an African country, delivering blood to hospitals. It is fully electric, autonomous and their delivery seem to use paper packaging. If this gets deployed in cities effectively then traffic, fossil fuel, emissions, delivery time, packaging waste - all will reduce.

Independent video from Mark Rober about their blood delivery program:

[![](https://groveassets.rainmatter.org/original/2X/f/fc5ecba54f22a61bbcbbccbb0ce2fd9bbe231776.jpeg "Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOWDNBu9DkU)

Their recent keynote about the general purpose delivery program:

[![](https://groveassets.rainmatter.org/original/2X/c/c7d11d68041d1a8745fb60a88a1543d7335a8c1b.jpeg "Zipline Keynote 2023 | The Best Delivery Experience Not on Earth") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuGuNu9q-P8)

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### Author: ![knadh](https://grove.rainmatter.org/user_avatar/grove.rainmatter.org/knadh/32/1350_2.png) [@knadh](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/knadh)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/zipline-electric-autonomous-drone-delivery/1425/2 "2023-03-21T07:04:08Z")

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The screenshot in the first video is misleading. That looks like a futuristic drone with VTOL. Zipline acts more like a plane, which is far simpler and cheaper to manage.

I remember watching the original video.

[![](https://groveassets.rainmatter.org/original/2X/0/071883dee1d4a18c324842358020caf11ed34efd.jpeg "New Zipline drones can deliver medicine faster") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnKnMgWy_tM)

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### Author: ![tanay](https://grove.rainmatter.org/user_avatar/grove.rainmatter.org/tanay/32/590_2.png) [@tanay](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/tanay)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/zipline-electric-autonomous-drone-delivery/1425/3 "2023-03-22T15:58:01Z")

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Loved this! It’s surprising how we’ve not heard of this company yet. Crazy stuff

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### Author: ![knadh](https://grove.rainmatter.org/user_avatar/grove.rainmatter.org/knadh/32/1350_2.png) [@knadh](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/knadh)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/zipline-electric-autonomous-drone-delivery/1425/4 "2023-09-20T06:20:16Z")

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[https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-authorizes-zipline-deliver-commercial-packages-beyond-line-sight](https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-authorizes-zipline-deliver-commercial-packages-beyond-line-sight)