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“Electrically-powered autonomous delivery robots are on the rise ”
— Henry Harris-Burland , VP Marketing , Starship Technologies have large catchment areas to maximise potential orders and , obviously , food gets colder the longer the journey .
In cases where deliveries can be effectively integrated , e . g . a postal service , there is a high probability that numerous deliveries won ’ t be completed , as some recipients may be unavailable at the time of attempted delivery . In turn , this leads to more car journeys to the depot where undelivered packages are kept , multiplying the carbon emissions emitted into the atmosphere even further .
It is also important to consider the amount of unnecessary car journeys that the average consumer will take just to buy one or two items . Almost everyone has driven to the nearby shop to buy some milk instead of walking ,
JANUARY 2020