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Mercedes Is Making a Self-Driving Semi to Change the Future of Shipping
- justntime 12y agoMercedes is making good strides with driverless vehicles but they should make sure to take have precautionary measures in place for driver's that could be reckless.
- pedalpete 12y agoThough one of the image captions says the trailer is designed to cut fuel usage by 5%, I suspect that an open system where trucks could communicate with each other and drive as a 'flock' a group of trucks could have a decent improvement in fuel economy, much like cyclists in a peleton. The trucks could follow VERY closely behind one another in auto mode without the fear of crashing.
- MaysonL 12y agoA self-driving semi will save almost enough on driver salaries to pay for its fuel consumption.