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Zipline's autonomous Rwanda drone delivery operations are illegal in the US
“What we're doing in Rwanda is illegal in the US, unfortunately.”
Zipline's first non-medical drone delivery will likely be livestock sperm
“The first thing we do that isn't medicine will probably be sperm.”
Zipline's next hub puts all 11 million Rwandans 15 minutes from medicine
“This distribution center is serving about half of all the hospitals in Rwanda, and we are already planning a second distribution center, which will put every single one of the eleven million citizens within a 15 minute delivery of any essential medical product…”
Rinaudo: Zipline delivers 20% of Rwanda's blood supply outside Kigali
“At this point, Zipline is delivering around 20% of the national blood supply of Rwanda outside of Kigali.”
Fixed-wing drones yield 20x range and 400x coverage versus quadcopters
“Building a fixed wing vehicle allows us to have about 20 times more range than a quadcopter, so instead of going five kilometers, we go a 150 kilometers, and when you have 20 times more range, that, that means you serve 400 times the service area.”
Zipline delivers blood to half of Rwanda's transfusing facilities
“We deliver blood to about half of the transfusing facilities in Rwanda.”
UPS VP John Mena: Zipline's Rwanda operation generates commercial revenue
“For Keller, it's a real revenue producing operation. They're making, you know, some money on this.”
Zipline performs 500 autonomous drone blood deliveries daily in Rwanda
“Our portfolio company Zipline is delivering blood where it's needed throughout Western Rwanda. There's one place they collect blood in Western Rwanda. There are tons of places they need it, but sometimes it's dangerous or time consuming to get to the place tha…”
Rinaudo: Zipline drones can drop deliveries into two parking spaces
“So we can drop into about two parking spaces. So any driveway, as long as like a house had a driveway, we could deliver to that house.”