When it comes to the speed at which parcels are delivered, Amazon is already great.
With drones, things should go much faster in the future.
Another important step has been taken to achieve this.
Amazon
wants to
supply
customers with
drones in the
future
.
The aircraft are supposed
to deliver
packages
after 30 minutes.
The online mail order company can now
start
testing
.
Las Vegas / Munich -
Amazon
belongs to the absolute top class when it comes to speed of delivery.
Prime customers receive their order the following day.
But even “normal” customers of the
mail order company
often
receive the
parcels
before the specified delivery date.
But
Amazon
wants to go one better.
Jeff Bezos * is not only the boss, but also a visionary.
For many years, he has had in mind that
parcels will
not be delivered by vehicle, but with a
drone
.
This should
bring
the
delivery
to the customer
within the shortest possible time
.
Amazon wants to deliver packages to customers by drone
In 2013, Bezos, who had caused a stir with a giga donation for the fight against climate change, said that the group was working on its own aircraft.
Many thought this message was a targeted PR campaign.
But in 2016 he presented the prototype of a
delivery drone
.
He had announced on Twitter that a customer in Great Britain had received the goods just 13 minutes after placing the order.
Other models were subsequently presented.
Amazon delivery drones receive FAA approval https://t.co/EDdmy2FXPb
- CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2020
At least now you know that
Bezos
really mean business.
The online giant wants to start
testing delivery by threat
.
The US aviation authority FAA has now given the go-ahead for this.
This was announced by
Amazon
with at Tech conference in Las Vegas.
The new aircraft was presented by
Amazon
manager Jeff Wilke.
“
Prime Air
” is the name of the fully electric and fully automatic
drone
.
Delivery by drone: Amazon is allowed to start testing
It should serve a radius of 24 kilometers and be able to
carry
packages
weighing up to 2.3 kilograms
.
The delivery should take place within 30 minutes.
First of all, smaller household items such as razors or toothpaste should be delivered.
However, Wilke owed one thing: where the "
Prime Air
" service should start.
Amazon, which had problems with the high demand due to the corona virus, limited at the conference that it would take some time before
deliveries
by
drone are
part of everyday life.
There are still some hurdles to overcome.
The FAA still has to
define
basic rules for automated
drone flights
, such as limit values for noise.
There is also no adequate system for monitoring the flight area.
Drones
are traveling at low altitudes.
(mt) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
