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Could they automate the "grab the charging cable and plug it in" part (as well as the "take the cable out and stow it away" part)? Trucks would then be able to
by mlmonkey 5mo ago
Could they automate the "grab the charging cable and plug it in" part (as well as the "take the cable out and stow it away" part)? Trucks would then be able to just pull in, charge up and pull out quickly.
- solid_fuel 5mo agoAutomating the part that takes 1 minute is not really going to make a difference when the charging takes 29 more.
- mlmonkey 5mo agoBut that is the only manual step in the entire process. If a driverless truck could just pull into a charging station, automatically get topped up and be on its way without any manual intervention, that would be a game changer. One could operate such trucks basically 22hours/day, doubling the ROI.
- solid_fuel 5mo agoNo? None of this follows? You're skipping straight to driverless trucks but we don't have autonomous driving yet.