Critical assessment of emissions, costs, and time for last-mile goods delivery by drones versus trucks

Abstract Electric drones as an autonomous mode of transport are scaling up to transform last-mile goods delivery, raising an urgent need for assessing impacts of drone transport from a systems perspective. In this paper, we conduct systems analyses to assess the environmental, economic, and delivery...

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Main Authors: Aishwarya Raghunatha, Emma Lindkvist, Patrik Thollander, Erika Hansson, Greta Jonsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38922-z