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> Self-driving trucks are a much easier technical problem People keep saying this. Wouldn't you still have to solve the hard problems? A truck that spends 99%
by serge2k 10y ago
> Self-driving trucks are a much easier technical problem
People keep saying this. Wouldn't you still have to solve the hard problems? A truck that spends 99% of it's time on interstates still have to deal with that 1%.
- ghaff 10y agoAnd I'm not even sure about the 99% number. I've been told that trains tend to be used for most longer distance shipping so a lot of trucking is relatively short distances. There are also a lot of reasons I can imagine for keeping a human in trucks even if the trucks could mostly drive themselves between depots.
- ksk 10y agoWhat if you bunched up multiple rides? Like a leader truck which has a human operator and multiple driver-less follower trucks that simply follow the leader.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoGoing to need drivers for each of those trucks after you exit the interstate.
- tyingq 10y agoYou buy a bunch of truck stops, and use human drivers for the local portion. The truck stops become analogous to ship ports. The vast majority of the miles are then automated.