Amazon Pulls Out of Drone Delivery in California

Amazon is pulling out of its test drone delivery service in California and will instead provide the service in Arizona, the company announced April 22. Amazon started flying deliveries via drones to shoppers in the city of Lockeford—about 40 miles south of Sacramento—in December 2022 as its first test site. It later launched a second operation at College Station, Texas, where it plans to continue. The company did not give a reason why it was leaving the Golden State, but low demand could have played a part. Amazon aimed to make 10,000 drone deliveries by the end of last year, but told CNBC it had only delivered about 100 to the two small markets by mid-2023....