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Valqari acquires IDU Group in quest to build citywide drone networks

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Plenty of companies are laser-focused on the last mile of delivery and its many pitfalls. Some are even honed in on the final hundred feet. 

But for a select few, the last mile is really a game of inches.

Valqari, a Chicago-based drone delivery startup, on Tuesday announced it had acquired Staffordshire, U.K.-based IDU Group, which builds drone infrastructure that can be installed from rooftops and the windows of buildings. Combined with Valqari’s drone landing stations and smart mailboxes, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/valqari-acquires-idu-group-in-quest-to-build-citywide-drone-networks

Has Hyundai unveiled the future of last-mile delivery?

Hyundai unveils TIGER autonomous delivery platform

Autonomous delivery vehicle concepts seem to be popping up by the minute, many by upstart companies looking to cash in on a market expected to reach nearly $40 billion in the U.S. alone by 2030. Not all the companies are new to transportation, though. Some have long histories of developing innovative concepts and solutions in transportation.

Hyundai Motor Group is one of those. The company’s New Horizons Studio, based in Mountain View, California, has unveiled its concept of an unmanned delivery...

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Southern California coalition’s last-mile impact study urges mitigation efforts

A coalition of Southern California government organizations has released an in-depth report examining some of the deleterious impacts associated with last-mile freight transportation.

A primary purpose of the study is “to raise awareness of the complexities, costs, environmental impacts and local community impacts of that final stage of delivery,” said Steven Lambert, a spokesperson for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the coalition that developed the Last-Mile Freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/southern-california-coalition-releases-last-mile-impact-study