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2022年3月31日

聯邦快遞和埃爾羅伊空氣已經一起工作了兩年。2022年3月31日42是聯邦快遞,物流巨頭的子公司周三表示,正在與海灣地區啟動埃爾羅伊空氣在貨運業務使用垂直起飛和降落的飛機。這兩家公司已經一起工作在過去的兩年。下一階段的合作,他們會追求飛機認證明年開始飛行測試的意圖。埃爾羅伊空氣推出了茂密的樹叢eVTOL今年飛機。它的設計是把300到500磅的貨物並交付它到300英裏。聯邦快遞設想飛機middle-mile物流的關鍵。這兩家公司將出口之間的分布中心。在供應鏈和物流瓶頸是常見的並發症,至少部分原因是繁榮的電子商務、航空公司視圖作為長期解決方案的一部分。埃爾羅伊聲稱其飛機可能達到裝貨碼頭5倍的速度比傳統的大平台。 "When you're not limited by challenging infrastructure, traffic or airports, logistics can reach more people faster than ever before," Kofi Asante, Elroy Air's vice president of business development and strategy, said in a written statement. "We look forward to working together to create a new future for how we get goods to people around the world." Amid a crowded field of air mobility startups, Elroy Air has differentiated itself with a focus on automation and delivery. Companies such as Toyota-backed Joby Aviation , Daimler's Volocopter, and Archer Aviation are focused on piloted operations and carrying passengers. In some respects, hauling only goods can simplify automated operations. On the ground, delivery startup Nuro became the first self-driving tech company to receive exemptions from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, in part because it involved zero-passenger operations. Whether a parallel exists for urban air mobility companies remains to be seen. Elroy Air has raised $56 million to date. Investors include Catapult Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Marlinspike Capital and others.