[k26dr]

Anybody know how much it costs them to make one of these deliveries? Is it cost-competitive with a delivery truck?

[smlacy]

<sarcasm> Cost of specialized drone wherehouse in remote England: $1.2mm Cost of 3+yrs of R&D of drone fleet: $436mm Cost of delivering first package: priceless </sarcasm>

I'm not sure how this is ever going to compare with a truck and driver, especially when the truck will be self-driving in less than a decade.

[jonknee]

How's that self driving truck going to get the package to the door?

[mxuribe]

Or...better yet, there would be a self-driving truck/flat-bed which drives close to a certain city-center area, and has on its bed a mini-fleet of drones, these drones will lift-off from the truck instead of the fulfillment hub...these smaller drones would deliver it to the front door. Alternatively, the self-driving truck could have a cartoon-like robotic arm that extends to the customer's front door; ringing the doorbell automatically and dropping the package on the doormat. ;-)

[smlacy]

I didn't see any packages dropped off right at the door, did you?

[madamelic]

Slingshot. :)