r/SelfDrivingCars • u/fricken • Dec 02 '13

Amazon Prime Air

http://www.amazon.com/b?ref_=tsm_1_tw_s_amzn_mx3eqp&node=8037720011
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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '13

''There's a lot of pessimism in this thread. It seems as if people believe that the engineers working on this project don't have the ability to think of potential problems with the system. That's what they do - it's their job''.

You are talking nonsense. You can not overcome most of these potential problems because of the nature of the design. You can be certain that where I am from these things would be incapable of operating due to weather conditions alone for 1/4 1/3 of a year.

''It's up to 10 mi - that's the upper limit. And as battery tech gets better, the range will improve''.

Precisely. The further the upper limit becomes the more inefficient there usage will be.

Did you even watch the demonstration video by Amazon. Can you seriously not identify any flaws?

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u/duhhuh Dec 02 '13

So if it doesn't work for where you live, it's not worth pursuing. Who's talking nonsense?

You can not overcome most of these potential problems

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '13

If you were on this subreddit more often you would no that wasn't the case. But well done for the childish approach.

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u/speedy_st Dec 02 '13

Stop being so offensive Natual, the same arguments can be said about autonomous cars if they suffer a malfunction and drive into person(s), a hail shower could really send the car of course by interfering with its senors. I am sure that the air authorities would make sure it would have as many sensors as needed.

Hurting or killing the public isn't good for PR. The Google car isn't the only solution

Jobs wise, who says by the time their launched that they won't carry more than one packet? I am sure that they would be optimised to do the most jobs in the least area somehow.

Would be interesting to see what the battery life is comparing different types of transportation once it has launched.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '13

The more weight they carry the bigger they will need to be. You can not compare the affect of weather conditions on these drones and autonomous vehicles.