Why Last-Mile Delivery Now Costs More Than Half of Shipping
The last mile went from 41% of shipping cost in 2018 to 53% in 2023. It also produces around 54% of transport-sector emissions and 13% of city emissions, and cities have started closing to conventional vans. Who that changes things for, and what the data shows about which technologies are actually deployable.
Which Last-Mile Delivery Technologies Are Actually Ready to Deploy
Seven of ten last-mile technology categories are commercially ready, and every one of them is either software or a bicycle. Cost per parcel, routing gains and drone economics compared across every delivery mode.
