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They can also be programmed to drive in a more efficient way that humans so there is a net saving of power.
by grey-area 4y ago
They can also be programmed to drive in a more efficient way that humans so there is a net saving of power.
- m463 4y agoI think that pretty much sums it up on many levels. I think of not just better route planning, but that one delivery driver can service 100's of customers who would otherwise make a trip themselves.
- trompetenaccoun 4y agoFor delivery you're right but we could have this today already. There's no reason not to put minimum wage drivers in a car and have them do this today. We have computers and mapping already, self-driving isn't needed for this at all and paying someone 100 dollars a day or whatever is guaranteed to be much cheaper than the self delivering truck - at least for now and in the foreseeable future. So why isn't it a thing? Clearly not for the lack of self-driving tech.
- mechagodzilla 4y agoDo you actually have any data to back up the 'net saving of power' part?
- mindslight 4y agoIt's more palatable to be moving at only 65mph or even 55mph if you're a passenger and don't have to pay attention, as opposed to being an active driver going 75-80mph to finish the task as soon as possible. And I doubt self driving cars will be programmed to speed and then slow down when they spot a cop, where human drivers are generally overspec'd enough to do that.
- defrost 4y agoIf this is a serious question then you can look to eight years of autonomus vehicle records held by Rio Tinto in the mega scale mining sector (800 million tonne / annum moved) running dump trucks, trains, etc. Continous 24/7/365 operations show operational energy amd maintenance efficiences from supervised autonomous trucks over human operated trucks.
- grey-area 4y agoNo, but I think it’s quite obvious humans do not drive with efficiency in mind the vast majority of the time.