Online retail giant Amazon's R&D team is looking at using trucks to help save power for their drones, according to documents filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office. They suggest Amazon could make an agreement with commercial trucking companies that would allow their drones to hitch a ride for some part of its delivery journey, cutting down fuel use, while also reducing the potential number of devices flying about the air. this week, Amazon filed patents for a similar scheme, using ships and trains featuring "loaded with replacement parts and/or inspection equipment".
Online retail giant Amazon's R&D team is looking at using trucks to help save power for their drones, according to documents filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office. They suggest Amazon could make an agreement with commercial trucking companies that would allow their drones to hitch a ride for some part of its delivery journey, cutting down fuel use, while also reducing the potential number of devices flying about the air. Last year, Amazon filed patents for a similar scheme, using ships and trains featuring "loaded with replacement parts and/or inspection equipment".