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I imagine that we'll get automated convoy AI, with a single driver in the lead truck, well before truly autonomous trucks. That will put a lot of truckers out o
by PhasmaFelis 10y ago
I imagine that we'll get automated convoy AI, with a single driver in the lead truck, well before truly autonomous trucks. That will put a lot of truckers out of work by itself.
- abootstrapper 10y agoWe should build dedicated roads for these automated convoys.
- tonyedgecombe 10y agoYes, you could give them rails to make them more efficient.
- imtringued 10y agoAnd how exactly does that solve the last mile problem?
- pkaye 10y agoWe can offload to trucks driven by humans well suited to driving the intricacies of city traffic.
- gefh 10y agoYou could just run them on narrow strips of metal rather than bother with a wide stretch of tarmac that the wheels wouldn't be touching most of.
- zyx321 10y agoGreat idea, then we can put rails on those roads to make them easier to navigate.
- raddad 10y agoWhy would we need special roads when we could have truck drones fly over traffic to their destinations?
- Styn 10y agoThis is already being tested! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/07/convoy-self-driving-trucks-completes-first-european-cross-border-trip https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/07/convoy-se...