Uber tries to connect drones again

Uber will test the use of Drones for Uber Eats in some American markets by the end of this year, which is part of a new partnership with the start of the Israeli Flytrex. The partnership will also include a small investment in Flytrex, although Uber Tell Bloomberg News The investment amount was not financial.

The deal comes at a time when Uber was re -engaged with some techniques that you used to develop at home. Uber was cooperating with auto auto companies such as Waymo Show self -driving rides in cities such as AtlantaAnd it aims to bring it Electric taxis to serve them in the next few years.

Uber was tried using drones Some food delivery operations Over the course of 2019. But the company did not stop the idea because of the regulatory borders on drones and later sold the “Elevate” aviation department to Air Taxi Joby. Now the organizational environment around it New types of mitigation aircraftAnd companies like zipline Try to make air delivery part of daily life. Flytrex also works with the Uber Eats Doordash competitor, and the startup says it has made “more than 200,000 delivery operations” across the United States