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I wonder if it'd just be cheaper and easier in the long term to create some sort of track system that the robotic cars could drive on? You could even have one
by robotburrito 5y ago
I wonder if it'd just be cheaper and easier in the long term to create some sort of track system that the robotic cars could drive on? You could even have one car pull other "dumb" self driving cars that could hold cargo or even more passengers.
Maybe even have them powered by electricity straight from the grid instead of batteries.
- martythemaniak 5y agoA good illustration of why autonomous EVs will stop trains in their tracks. Tracks are expensive, precise and single-purpose. A road is cheap, flexible and multi-purpose. Being tied to the grid means you can't go where you need to get to, only pre-set destinations. And since every train-car can now drive itself, there's no longer a need to tie them together, so instead of 5 cars bunched up all at once every 10 minutes, you can get a single car every 2 minutes. That is, once this tech matures, no new train development will make sense.
- elcomet 5y agoA train is much more energy-efficient. Convenience is not the only important factor here.