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For small items, add drones and the last miles savings get big. Weight of a typical car: 4,000 lbs. Weight of a typical delivery drone: 80 lbs. Typical
by delichon 3mo ago
For small items, add drones and the last miles savings get big.
Weight of a typical car: 4,000 lbs.
Weight of a typical delivery drone: 80 lbs.
Typical drone payload: 5 lbs.
5 mile drone delivery: ~2 kWh
5 mile car delivery: ~100 kWh
So the breakeven is ~50 such items in one order.
- mciancia 3mo agoLol, where did you get those numbers from? xD Tesla uses something like 15kWh per 100km, so 5 mile drive is something like 1.1kWh
- delichon 3mo agoYeah I botched that. It's around 1.5kw/mile for an ICE car.
- rootusrootus 3mo agoAnd ~0.25 kWh/mi for an EV
- lesostep 3mo agomath checks out, assuming typical car is flying