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Driverless trucks could also be a threat/opportunity. These trucks will trundle along at the most fuel-efficient speed 24 hours/day. Eventually they may be able
by nealabq 13y ago
Driverless trucks could also be a threat/opportunity. These trucks will trundle along at the most fuel-efficient speed 24 hours/day. Eventually they may be able hook together on the highway, further reducing drag.
Of course trains can also become driverless and train-cars could automatically couple/decouple, which could lead to many more trains, some with much smaller loads. I can even imagine trucks someday with wheels for both highway and steel-rails.
- kposehn 13y agoI think that driverless trucks are a natural migration of the short-haul model, where you have a container that hops off a train at an intermodal facility and is driven to the customer. Automated trains are definitely coming; look at BHP Billiton's push toward remote train operation in the Pilbara region of West Australia.