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Long haul is the only type of trucking I can see being replaced by autonomous vehicles in the next 10 years. Milk runs require, at least for the time being, dri
by TYPE_FASTER 9y ago
Long haul is the only type of trucking I can see being replaced by autonomous vehicles in the next 10 years. Milk runs require, at least for the time being, driving through many surface streets, unloading product off the truck, and potentially upselling the customer using the relationship you build with them over time.
- shostack 9y agoI think if battery and drone technology increases sufficiently, we could see automated or semi-automated drone deliveries for the "last mile" for many things like that. Drones that can deliver small packages will likely disrupt quite a bit of the delivery scene. Why hire five delivery drivers for an area when you can have one who drives the drone launch truck, they drive to the middle of the zone, deploy the drones, monitor them (or offshore their piloting to remote pilots), wait for them to finish their run, rinse and repeat.