Meituan Drone Starts Trial Operation in Shanghai's Huangxing Park

TapTechNews July 15th, the Meituan Drone official account announced today that on July 10th, the Shanghai Huangxing Park route of Meituan Drone has entered the trial operation stage, and this is also the first time the team has carried out delivery in the park scene in Shanghai.

The new route starts from the Wujiaochang business district, and it can deliver takeout to Huangxing Park which is about 1.25 miles away in the fastest about 10 minutes. Starbucks, Bawangchaji, Xiaoyangshengjian, Xiandelai Paigu Nian'gao, LELECHA乐乐茶 and other catering brands have become the first batch of online merchants.

Meituan also claims that its drone has previously been tested in places such as Turpan and Changbai Mountain, and can operate in states such as high temperature, moderate rain, moderate snow and level 6 wind.

TapTechNews summarizes the main characteristics of this drone as follows:

The blade of the drone adopts boundary layer flow control technology to suppress noise, and the noise when operating at 50 meters is only about 51 dB(A), which is lower than the sound level of normal conversation between two people.

The drone has set up a three-level safety guarantee mechanism of redundant backup operation + safe forced landing + emergency parachute opening, claiming that it can ensure foolproof during the flight.

As of the end of June this year, Meituan Drone has opened 31 routes in cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, completed more than 300,000 orders, and can provide more than 90,000 kinds of commodity choices.