[hakfoo]

I feel the same way with "drone delivery fleets".

There's a logical place for an autonomous delivery vehicle, but wasting 95% of its energy fighting against gravity to carry a six pack of beer is absurd. Make a ground vehicle the size of a Saint Bernard that travels in bike lanes. Big enough to handle a large array of direct deliveries, and probably had a much longer runtime on a charge.

If you want to be really seamless, build dedicated routes for them in underground tunnels.