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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by Analemma_ on Monday July 17, 2023 @06:58PM (#36765239)
The issue there is that the battery tech to support long distance delivery drones does not exist yet.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by djohnston on Monday July 17, 2023 @07:36PM (#36765635)
Interesting, I am woefully ignorant on typical drone ranges.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by datavirtue on Monday July 17, 2023 @09:44PM (#36766711)
Winner. Battery capacity needs to double and charge twice as fast to make EV adoption possible.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by NotYourLawyer on Monday July 17, 2023 @11:39PM (#36767530)
Swappable batteries makes the charge time a nonissue.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by datavirtue on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @08:32AM (#36785266)
Swappable 1000lb batteries? Gasoline weighs 80lbs.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by vrosas on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:13AM (#36767718)
Now 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.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by dizhn on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @06:42AM (#36770298)
There 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.
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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by rightbyte on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @09:15AM (#36771631)
Why not a zeppelin?

(The prospect of delivery drones is silly, but whatever it is fun to think about).

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