11 Comments
User's avatar
Aaryaman.Vir's avatar

Very interesting. I wonder what the closest peers are in terms of cost per kilometer of delivery cost

Expand full comment
Rahul Sanghi's avatar

From what I understand, heavy duty commercial vehicles (mini trucks and fully loaded trucks) tend to come out near the top when it comes to cost per km for last mile

Expand full comment
Arun's avatar

This is a fantastic pice of writing and an incredible story! All types of technical concepts have been introduced very well to fully grasp the thought process that Naman went through.

Wonderful to hear such stories of youth who have the grit to take the path against the grain. They are the kind of role models that we all need to make us beleive that anything is possible if we apply ourselves to the task.

Wishing Naman and team all success to bring about the change they wish to see.

Expand full comment
Rahul Sanghi's avatar

Thanks so much Arun, for taking the time to read and for the kind feedback :)

Expand full comment
Tarun Muvvala's avatar

I m sure railways with freight corridor achieve similar cost reduction but they are limited to a region and carry goods in bulk. But that is totally a different segment.

Expand full comment
Aman's avatar

check this out : https://www.pipedreamlabs.co/

Expand full comment
Rahul Sanghi's avatar

Super interesting.

Expand full comment
Daniel Popescu / ⧉ Pluralisk's avatar

Fascinating. The vision of near-zero emissions for last-mile is compelling, yet I'm curious about the specifc engineering choices that enable such a high payload-to-weight ratio for these autonomous units?

Expand full comment
Rahul Sanghi's avatar

Broadly - genuinely cutting edge breakthroughs with carbon fibre manufacturing + the blended wing tailsitter design (which is the first of its kind)

Expand full comment
Madhu Surisetti's avatar

This is very well done.

Expand full comment
Anik mandan's avatar

Sir, Your articles are insanely unique and very intresting, I love to read your articles, But the thing is They are too too long, I mean each of your article is 25,000 words. I am sure The dept is essential but I fail to finish each time, I actually tried to read many other articles of yours like Bitcoin too but they are just Like Real Book! I would appreciate if you could cover 80% or 70% in smaller size like 4000words or 7000words or something like that. Huge fan of you

Expand full comment