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If you could get that robot-cooks-as-you-drive idea right, even without the self-driving bit, you can out-compete Dominos by saving half the trips (back to stor

If you could get that robot-cooks-as-you-drive idea right, even without the self-driving bit, you can out-compete Dominos by saving half the trips (back to store from delivery address). The technology was immature but the fundamentals were there, and they'd save a not-insignificant amount of gas.

Eisenstein 3y ago
> they'd save a not-insignificant amount of gas I wonder the efficiencies of cooking in a vehicle as opposed to a fixed pizza oven.
- henryfjordan 3y ago
  It all comes down to insulation I'd assume
  - Brusco_RF 3y ago
    It will necessarily be worse than the fixed oven.
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- tetraca 3y ago
  That's easy. Put it on treads, and add a tree cutter/stripper, and a hopper, so that it can pick up all the fuel it needs to wood-fire the pizza off the side of the road before it goes to the next destination.
  - Eisenstein 3y ago
    Vertical integration. Great idea. It could also have a grain mill so it can stop by some wheat fields and make its own flour.
- fomine3 3y ago
  Internal Cooking Engine.
tgv 3y ago
I really can't imagine that. So you save some driver time. They're usually idle before delivery already, there's no driver shortage, and drivers/delivery isn't expensive. So there's only a small amount to undercut. For the profit to become interesting, you'd need a massive volume, but then you'd be forced to maintain a large fleet of mobile ovens. There's no automated driving, so you'd need drivers anyway. You'd have to pay everything from their idle return time, including the increased energy consumption. Back-of-the-napkin says no.
- henryfjordan 3y ago
  The fact that Dominos practically begs people to come in and pick up their pizzas themselves undercuts your arguments about driver idle time. Maybe in your market they sit idle, but in mine I'd imagine they are spending 90%+ of their time fulfilling orders. My orders often spend 10min in the "Quality Check" state (waiting for a driver under a heat lamp). Automated driving is orthogonal to the bake-as-you-drive model. Dominos will also switch to self-driving when they can. The cost of owning 10 oven-vans vs 1 store + 10 regular cars will be the tough part and will require scale, but pizza is big business.
  - hyperdimension 3y ago
    Arch that "quality check" thing bugs me to no end. It's the lie that bothers me: it's not like they're individually inspecting every single pepperoni or anything. They just don't have a driver available. Don't lie to me!

Eisenstein 3y ago

> they'd save a not-insignificant amount of gas I wonder the efficiencies of cooking in a vehicle as opposed to a fixed pizza oven.

henryfjordan 3y ago
It all comes down to insulation I'd assume
- Brusco_RF 3y ago
  It will necessarily be worse than the fixed oven.
  - deleted 3y ago
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tetraca 3y ago
That's easy. Put it on treads, and add a tree cutter/stripper, and a hopper, so that it can pick up all the fuel it needs to wood-fire the pizza off the side of the road before it goes to the next destination.
- Eisenstein 3y ago
  Vertical integration. Great idea. It could also have a grain mill so it can stop by some wheat fields and make its own flour.
fomine3 3y ago
Internal Cooking Engine.

tgv 3y ago

I really can't imagine that. So you save some driver time. They're usually idle before delivery already, there's no driver shortage, and drivers/delivery isn't expensive. So there's only a small amount to undercut. For the profit to become interesting, you'd need a massive volume, but then you'd be forced to maintain a large fleet of mobile ovens. There's no automated driving, so you'd need drivers anyway. You'd have to pay everything from their idle return time, including the increased energy consumption. Back-of-the-napkin says no.

henryfjordan 3y ago
The fact that Dominos practically begs people to come in and pick up their pizzas themselves undercuts your arguments about driver idle time. Maybe in your market they sit idle, but in mine I'd imagine they are spending 90%+ of their time fulfilling orders. My orders often spend 10min in the "Quality Check" state (waiting for a driver under a heat lamp). Automated driving is orthogonal to the bake-as-you-drive model. Dominos will also switch to self-driving when they can. The cost of owning 10 oven-vans vs 1 store + 10 regular cars will be the tough part and will require scale, but pizza is big business.
- hyperdimension 3y ago
  Arch that "quality check" thing bugs me to no end. It's the lie that bothers me: it's not like they're individually inspecting every single pepperoni or anything. They just don't have a driver available. Don't lie to me!