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re: Autonomous 18-wheelers are almost here. (Maximum Overdrive will happen soon)
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:22 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:22 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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Not paying the drivers and the fact that the trucks can go 24/7 is going to offset the increased cost of the machine.
We are YEARS away from these trucks being totally unmanned and being able to go 24/7. So yea, prices will go up initially because costs will be higher. Once the automation makes it more efficient people arent going to lower their prices.
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It's funny that you think that THIS time will be the one where automation doesn't prove more cost effective and efficient.
It's not that this is that moment, its that they now want to implement automation AT THE SAME TIME that they are regulating the shite out of the industry. All costs are about to be higher come the end of the year.
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Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:31 pm to lsuhunt555
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It's not that this is that moment, its that they now want to implement automation AT THE SAME TIME that they are regulating the shite out of the industry.
Agreed, that's a different set of circumstances. Regulation rarely makes things cheaper or more efficient. The inexorable march of technology, though, almost guarantees that at some point, the driver will no longer add the value of his salary to his employer and at that point, the driver will be gone.
This post was edited on 7/18/17 at 3:39 pm
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