Amazon UK Drone Delivery On The Ropes

[Pappy]

Looks like tis drone delivery business isn't working out as planned. Unable to produce the hyped deliverables..

The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream

Amazon has triggered mass redundancies and transfers as it winds down a huge part of its UK drone delivery business

www.wired.co.uk

 

[maelstrom]

I'm not really surprised by this. From the start it appeared that it was just too complicated to do safely and efficiently. Delivery addresses would have to either be close to the delivery hub or the drones would have to be initially deployed by road vehicle into the area. If they were being moved by road, it never made any sense not to just deliver the parcels the last few miles by road. There were only ever a very limited number of cases were drone delivery made any sense.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

I think this guy is the only one that had the right idea ?

"They told WIRED about increasing problems within Prime Air in recent years, including managers being appointed who knew so little about the project they couldn’t answer basic work questions, an employee drinking beer at their desk in the morning and some staff being forced to train their replacements in Costa Rica. Amazon says it still has staff working for Prime Air in the UK, but has refused to confirm headcount."