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How about delivering Tesla cars straight to customer's doors? Amazon-shipping style.
by pizu 12y ago
How about delivering Tesla cars straight to customer's doors?
Amazon-shipping style.
- nnnnni 12y agoImagine the size of that drone! =-)
- dm2 12y agoDrones are just helicopters or planes without pilots. There is nothing requiring them to have multiple rotors or look like a quadrocopter. Here is the existing unmanned heavy-lifter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaman_K-MAX#Unmanned_remote_control_version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaman_K-MAX#Unmanned_remote_con... Can carry 6,000 lbs and the cost of $1,000 per flight hour total isn't a terrible price, it's far more expensive than just putting the vehicle on a truck for delivery of course. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/kmax.html http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/kmax.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukogay1TwAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukogay1TwAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqUdfSRFXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qqUdfSRFXw The way those rotors cross are insane. The BlackHawk unmanned system has been in testing for several years also.
- nnnnni 12y agoOh, I didn't say/mean that it had to be a quadrocopter/multi-rotor vehicle... I was just saying that it'd be a pretty large vehicle. While it's a cool idea, I suspect that a lot of people would be very wary of something of that size flying around their house/building without a human pilot onboard. It's basically the "not in my backyard" syndrome.
- jcromartie 12y agoSome rental car companies do this already. I'd imagine Tesla has even more incentive to do this.