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> They're claiming cost per mile is less than rail for shipping goods. Note: This only applies to "Convoy mode" where 3 or more vehicles draft off each other.
by namuol 9y ago
> They're claiming cost per mile is less than rail for shipping goods.
Note: This only applies to "Convoy mode" where 3 or more vehicles draft off each other.
- gpm 9y agoAlso not clear to me if they assumed they could get away with only 1 driver in that mode...
- greglindahl 9y agoThat is the point of convoy mode, elsewise it would cost about the same as 3 trucks minus a little drafting.
- taneq 9y agoEven if each truck is manned, the increased safety from having rear trucks tied in with the front truck might reduce insurance premiums enough to make it viable. Especially if you can give the front truck a "pilot and co-pilot" setup (or good enough AI to simulate that with human pilot and AI co-pilot).
- greglindahl 9y agoI don't think insurance is nearly expensive enough for that scenario.
- mrep 9y agoI'm guessing the cost savings come from fuel efficiencies by drafting.
- greglindahl 9y agoTrucks already draft each other a lot.
- 05 9y agoAs long as the taxpayers keep subsidizing trucks destroying the roads proportionally to fourth power of mass per axle..
- chrisbennet 9y agoWhen you think about it, tax payers subsidized the cost of fuel now. Defense spending related to the Middle East is a large petroleum fuel production externality. I wonder if we’ll reduce our defense spending once we loose our dependence on oil?