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The issue there is that the battery tech to support long distance delivery drones does not exist yet.
by Analemma_ 3y ago
The issue there is that the battery tech to support long distance delivery drones does not exist yet.
- djohnston 3y agoInteresting, I am woefully ignorant on typical drone ranges.
- datavirtue 3y agoWinner. Battery capacity needs to double and charge twice as fast to make EV adoption possible.
- NotYourLawyer 3y agoSwappable batteries makes the charge time a nonissue.
- datavirtue 3y agoSwappable 1000lb batteries? Gasoline weighs 80lbs.
- vrosas 3y agoNow I’m imagining a larger, fixed-wing loitering drone carrying the package(s) and a small last-mile drone that detaches, drops its payload at the destination and then returns to the mothership.
- dizhn 3y agoThere should be even larger drones that are always in the air that are used as supply hubs for these smaller drones. Actually those should be whole warehouses where people work.
- rightbyte 3y agoWhy not a zeppelin? (The prospect of delivery drones is silly, but whatever it is fun to think about).