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> The truck then drives itself on the highway to another hub near its destination where another human driver completes the trip. This works in multiple ways - i
by ThePadawan 4y ago
> The truck then drives itself on the highway to another hub near its destination where another human driver completes the trip. This works in multiple ways - it allows human drivers to deal with the hard part of automation while also avoiding the terrible away from home lifestyle, and it allows you to have dedicated autonomous trucks for on-highway separate from your human-driven fleet (you can swap the trailers instead of using the same cab). You'll see these hubs start cropping up in a couple years.
That makes sense, but just sounds like a worse version of freight trains to me.
(Edit: This didn't reply to the correct comment)
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoJust not needing to deal with "the railroad" would be a huge plus all else being equal. They're like the DMV of shipping.
- LightRailTycoon 4y agoThe "advantage" is that we all get to pay for the rails instead of just the railways.