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When first reading this question I thought it was an obvious "no", but I looked into it's surprisingly close. Total cost of interstate highway system: $128.9 b
by dcgudeman 7y ago
When first reading this question I thought it was an obvious "no", but I looked into it's surprisingly close.
Total cost of interstate highway system: $128.9 billion [1].
Total invested in self driving technology as of 2017: $80 billion [2].
[1] https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.cfm#question6 https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.cfm#question6
[2] https://www.brookings.edu/research/gauging-investment-in-self-driving-cars/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/gauging-investment-in-sel...
- dntbnmpls 7y ago> Total cost of interstate highway system: $128.9 billion [1]. That's in 1991. So with inflation, it would be $244 billion today. Also, I suspect the $128.9 billion figure itself was not inflation adjusted. > Total invested in self driving technology as of 2017: $80 billion [2]. Wow, that's a lot more than I expected. But you have to keep in mind that once self driving is "solved", it will work on all highways around the world. If you think about how much it cost to build all the highways around the world, it's way past the trillion dollar mark.