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Gas alone can cost as much as a minimum-wage driver, to say nothing of insurance and car upkeep.
by eigenvector 13y ago
Gas alone can cost as much as a minimum-wage driver, to say nothing of insurance and car upkeep.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoDriverless fleets could potentially be electric -- especially if the cars reported their battery charge levels back to H.Q. management software, which could rotate vehicles in & out of service accordingly. Not to mention the fact that battery swapping on a fleet of the same model of vehicles, managed by the same company, is a lot more feasible than it would be otherwise.
- rogerbinns 13y agoI would expect the delivery vehicles to cost a lot more, but those higher upfront costs reduce the ongoing costs (maintenance etc). There would be an incentive to maximize utilization as an idle vehicle earns no money. A vehicle owner would want to deliver on behalf of many businesses, which allows combining multiple deliveries for better utilization. Software would allow for a lot of optimization in routing, pickups, delivery and transfers.