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DBUS Offer Generous Discount on Drone (To Customers Who Have…

(But still claim no affiliation to the Mota Group) Their drones may be little more than a bunch of rebranded year-old models from China’s High Great, but at least Drones by US (DBUS) are continuing to deliver creative marketing ploys worthy of any cutting-edge manufacturer. If you’ve been following our …

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DBUS Denies Ties With Mota Group, Then Uses Mota Mailing Lis…

If you haven’t been following our investigation of the Lily Next-Gen, the Mota Group and, more recently, Drones By US (DBUS), here’s a very quick recap. In October, we reported that a number of customers were having issues with the Mota Group, the company that picked up the pieces after …

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Has The Mota Group Quietly Shut Down? The Curse Of The Lily …

In October we published a brief investigation into goings on at the Mota Group, the company that purchased the marketing and branding rights to the original (and doomed) Lily Drone project. As part of the Mota Group’s marketing efforts, the company used its newly acquired list of let down Lily …

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Fake Reviews and Lily Next-Gen No-Shows: Is the Mota Group L…

When the Lily project imploded in 2017, it was huge news that went well beyond the usual drone industry circles: $34m worth of pre-orders, 60,000 backers left with nothing but the vague promise of a refund; many of whom were left scarred from their first foray into the exciting world …

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Is Viatek About to Launch the Real Lily Drone?

Over the previous few days, the fallout from the failed Lily drone challenge has began to acquire momentum. We revealed final week that the Lily was again from the lifeless thanks to the Mota Group, who bought the rights to the Lily model at public sale. On the floor, shopping …

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