UPS Plans To Start Zero-Emissions Deliveries Via eVTOL By 2024 - Intelligent Living
Last year, United Parcel Service (UPS) pre-ordered 10,000 zero-emissions electric delivery vans from EV startup Arrival to lower the company’s carbon footprint and reduce overall emissions. UPS is now upping its game and has signed a deal to buy up to 150 eVTOL aircraft from Vermont’s Beta Technologies. The delivery company expects to begin using the plane for time-sensitive zero-emissions deliveries in 2024; taking off and landing will take place on-site at UPS depots.
Beta’s Alia aircraft is inspired by the shape of the Arctic tern – an Alaskan bush plane that was produced in small numbers between the 1970s and 1980s. The Alia-250c is a transitioning fixed-wing aircraft with four big, drag-minimizing VTOL props attached on bars extending forward and backward from the wings. The rear also includes a single pusher prop for efficient wing cruising.
Last year, United Parcel Service (UPS) pre-ordered 10,000 zero-emissions electric delivery vans from EV startup Arrival to lower the company’s carbon footprint and reduce overall emissions. UPS is now upping its game and has signed a deal to buy up to 150 eVTOL aircraft from Vermont’s Beta Technologies. The delivery company expects to begin using the plane for time-sensitive zero-emissions deliveries in 2024; taking off and landing will take place on-site at UPS depots.
Beta’s Alia aircraft is inspired by the shape of the Arctic tern – an Alaskan bush plane that was produced in small numbers between the 1970s and 1980s. The Alia-250c is a transitioning fixed-wing aircraft with four big, drag-minimizing VTOL props attached on bars extending forward and backward from the wings. The rear also includes a single pusher prop for efficient wing cruising.
