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China: Taobao to test drone delivery in 3-day pilot program

Wednesday 4 February 2015 14:49 CET | News

Taobao, Alibabas online marketplace, is testing a parcel-oriented drone delivery service.

To this purpose, Taobao has partnered with Shanghai YTO Express delivery company to run the test  from 4 to 6 February 2015, techinasia.com reports. 450 customers will get the chance to have their goods delivered by drone.

The items on the pre-set list of available products include brown sugar and ginger tea. Packages, which must weigh less than 340 grams, will be delivered within one hour. Customers must live within a certain radius of specific distribution sites in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai.


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