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Yes, they're electric, so a depot with a solar array brings the cost down here. Zippy hasn't worked out apartment buildings and the city, so is best suited at
by tomjacobs 11y ago
Yes, they're electric, so a depot with a solar array brings the cost down here.
Zippy hasn't worked out apartment buildings and the city, so is best suited at first to the suburbs. A few miles is that distance that seems silly to drive but too far to walk.
That's right, we already have manned wheelchairs roaming the streets, so it's not too different.
We bet there are cases where not having to wait on a human to be available will be a very good experience for the customer.
- afrancis 11y ago"That's right, we already have manned wheelchairs roaming the streets, so it's not too different." However you probably don't want a person in a wheelchair delivering one's pizzas .... Tom, again I would recommend you do some computer simulations and simple break-even cost analysis. Is the problem of pizza delivery really the human not being available, or being idle (is this really a capacity and demand management problem)? What stops a Zippy unit from not being available as it slowly heads back to base? From what I see, Zippy being a motorized land vehicle, suffers all the problems of a car, without any of its benefits. What makes drones appealing to say an Amazon, is the combination of flying that probably easier and safer than driving, and the value of the payload. In general, last mile problems are tough. Also you have to ask yourself how does Zippy enhance the customer experience? Cheers, Andrew
- tomjacobs 11y agoRight, it starts off somewhere with a clear closed path, and a daily need for small item transport.