“We’re proud to be able to help through the use of our drone technology and aerospace team in this crisis,” Duane Hughes, Workhorse Group CEO, stated in a news release ( ). Government and health care officials, as well as corporate leaders, see the company’s autonomous drones as a valuable solution. UPS’s drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward, and Workhorse partnered to determine how unmanned aerial systems can assist medical professionals in the fight against the coronavirus. In April 2020, government and health care officials called for technology solutions to improve the pace of testing and treatment for infected patients amid concern for health care providers on the front lines of the pandemic. This multi-platform application allows clients to track and monitor the performance of all Workhorse vehicles in their fleets and collect the necessary data to optimize route planning, maintenance, repairs and fuel costs throughout the life of the vehicles. Metron™ is the company’s proprietary telematics system, with range of more than four million miles and the capacity to track entire fleets of vehicles.
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The technology enables drivers to maintain line-of-sight operation into the entire UAV delivery process.
The truck is the jumping off point for the drone the pair then reunites after delivery is complete, when the auto-landing HorseFly lands on the vehicle’s roof which is equipped with charging capabilities. Designed to be fully autonomous and to work in tandem with the company’s all-electric delivery vans, Workhorse’s custom-built HorseFly drone technology delivers packages with safety and efficiency using the Aeres App. The HorseFly™ UAV is a custom-built, high efficiency hexacopter-based delivery system. Workhorse’s C-Series vehicles are powered by a modular battery pack system, which provides between 35 kilowatt hours (kWh) when equipped with two battery packs and 70 kWh in its standard four pack configuration.The company’s C650 and C1000 step vans set a new standard in design and efficiency for the last-mile delivery segment, with its 650 cubic foot and 1,000 cubic foot vehicles both weighing approximately 12,500 lbs.The E-100 and E-GEN delivery vans have more than 4 million total miles of use and are utilized by some of the premier package delivery companies in the world, including UPS, FedEx and W.B.Workhorse’s next generation delivery vehicle, all-electric by design with composite technology and a 100-mile range, is more economical than traditional delivery vans.
With more electric delivery vehicles on the road than any other company, Workhorse aims to make the movement of people and goods more efficient and less harmful to the environment. Workhorse also develops cloud-based, real-time telematics performance monitoring systems that are fully integrated with its vehicles and enable fleet operators to optimize energy and route efficiency. (NASDAQ: WKHS) is an American technology company headquartered in Loveland, Ohio, that is focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector.įounded in 2007 as an original equipment manufacturer, the company designs and builds high performance battery-electric vehicles, including trucks and aircraft.
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