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While the regulatory, political, and economic factors are useful for a budding company, I also think about the geography of New Zealand. It has two main islands
by WhompingWindows 9y ago
While the regulatory, political, and economic factors are useful for a budding company, I also think about the geography of New Zealand. It has two main islands and an estimated 600 islands total. It's also long/narrow with mountains and impassable terrain in many central locales. I can't help but feel a passenger drone with 60 miles of range could save a significant amount of time for passengers, whether that's avoiding a ferry or avoiding impassable (for a car or boat) terrain. One could also see these services being used in lieu of helicopters for transferring sick hospitalized patients, transferring high-priority payloads, and so forth. Really interesting to see what use-cases this tech will cater to, I'm hoping not just recreational uses for the wealthy.
- lazerpants 9y agoAdd to that the low population density that makes potential crashes far less dangerous to people on the ground.