News Article
10 oct 2024
cargoforwarder.eu | It’s safe to say that the world has never seen anything like it. What looks like a mix between an old-style perambulator and a mass hairdryer sale is, in fact, a heavy-duty drone that aims to put all other drones in the shade. Billed as a Flying Cargo Van, Grasshopper Air Mobility’s e350 model is being launched during the current Barcelona New Economy Week and the company is seeking investors to get its Grasshopper up and flying in the next couple of years.
The e350 Flying Cargo Van is the brainchild of Grasshopper Air Mobility – a very young start-up based in Barcelona, which was founded last year by Jakob Saalfrank. Having spent the past decade involved in supply chain warehouse automation projects, he was motivated to focus on developing fully automated, autonomous flying and driving vehicles, and doing away with human interaction in what he terms “the new age of logistics” – otherwise referred to in the company press release, as “the intersection of Industry 4.0, DeepTech and aviation.” Faster delivery times and lower costs are the intended outcome. Read the full article here: https://cargoforwarder.eu/2024/10/10/not-a-bird-nor-a-plane-but-a-grasshopper/