Walmart expands drone delivery service to 1.8 million more Texas homes
With this technology, customers can receive their orders in 30 minutes or less. This marks "the first time a U.S. retailer has offered drone delivery to this many households in a single market."
Walmart expanded its drone delivery service to 1.8 million more homes across northern Texas. Deliveries made with this technology will now reach 75% of homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area:
According to the multinational retailer, drones allow deliveries to reach homes in half an hour or less. They claim that some deliveries can be made in just ten minutes:
Walmart's expansion "the first time a U.S. retailer has offered drone delivery to this many households in a single market," covering stores in more than 30 cities and counties in the DFW area.
Prathibha Rajashekhar, senior vice president of innovation and automation at Walmart, stated: