日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / Technology

Tapping rural areas, JD.com to use drones for deliveries

By Meng Jing (China Daily) Updated: 2016-01-30 08:19

Tapping rural areas, JD.com to use drones for deliveries

A Jingdong employee uses drones to make test deliveries.[Photo/China Daily]

E-commerce company considering using unmanned aircraft for 'last mile' distribution

E-commerce major JD.com Inc is working on ways to cut delivery times for rural online shoppers, using drones.

China's largest online direct sales company said staff at its logistics research and development lab are working on an unmanned aircraft project, with the goal of overcoming what it called "last mile distribution" in underdeveloped rural areas.

The Nasdaq-listed retail firm said it has already completed a test drone delivery service in Suqian, Jiangsu province.

In a statement on Thursday, it said it would continue to research drone use, before building a dedicated control center for drone delivery, "to make the plans a reality, in the near future".

Some analysts suggest drone delivery is still no more than "pie in the sky" for many firms, due to the regulatory hurdles involved, as well as cost and safety issues.

But JD.com's Chief Executive Officer Liu Qiangdong told the World Internet Conference in December that he had high hopes the futuristic technology would soon meet the rapidly growing demand from online shoppers in rural China.

"With the help of drones, rural customers will be able to enjoy a more efficient online shopping experience, and allows us to cut staff and delivery costs," he said.

Beijing-based JD.com is not alone in researching the use of delivery drones.

United States e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc is also developing its Prime Air drone, which promises superfast delivery of orders within 30 minutes, even in the busiest city centers by being able to avoid heavy traffic.

Rather than using its drones to deliver goods directly to shoppers, JD.com plans to employ them to transport goods from rural distribution stations to deliverymen based in villages.

Its logic is that the distance between a rural distribution station and village is likely to be less than 10 kilometers - but the delivery time will be vastly reduced, as the process will avoid tricky land journeys that might have taken half a day for the same distance, due to poor road networks in rural parts of the country.

The company said test runs have already shown that drones are especially effective at delivering small to medium-sized packages.

By making careful flight plans, deliverymen can wait for packages at fixed landing points, before completing the final delivery to people's doorsteps, it said.

China's vast rural market is seen as a vital battle ground for China's e-commerce players, but poor infrastructure often makes delivery a major challenge.

Lu Zhenwang, a retail specialist, however, is skeptical that drone delivery is the answer, at least in the short term.

"Using drones to deliver is even more expensive than deliverymen at this stage. Small drones cannot carry heavy items, and the big ones can still cost more than 100,000 yuan ($15,200) each - so it might take another five years to get this type of service operating economically and efficiently."

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久午夜影视 | 国产在线视频不卡 | 免费中文视频 | 日本免费一区二区三区 | 欧日韩一区二区三区 | 成人黄色录像 | 九一成人网| 激情五月激情综合 | 国产免费看片 | 久久久精品久久久久 | 99精品色 | 色呦呦网址 | 一本色道久久综合亚洲精品按摩 | 蜜桃av噜噜一区二区三区麻豆 | 毛片18| 国产精品免费精品一区 | 国产精品成人国产乱一区 | 久久久极品| 九九热精品视频在线播放 | 色99色 | 国产亚洲欧美一区二区 | 日韩欧美中 | 日韩精品免费一区二区三区 | 亚洲精品久久久久久久久久久久久 | 欧美双插| 天堂av在线资源 | 青青青草视频 | 亚洲淫视频 | av男人的天堂在线 | 精品日韩一区二区三区 | 一区不卡视频 | 国产精品久久久久久无人区 | 成人午夜在线视频 | 国产五十路 | 97视频在线观看免费 | 香蕉久久久 | 亚欧色| 91亚洲国产成人精品一区二区三 | 精品91一区二区三区 | 4438国产精品一区二区 | 国产激情无套内精对白视频 |