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cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston.
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    Maybe 2 or 3 single rail lines across the country.

    You guys gotta remember that the US is double the size of the entire EU. I will say that I don’t disagree in that more rail would be nice, but you have to think about this logically.

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      Oh I do, it’s where I live. At current costs its about $1.6m(1) per mile, so yea, agreed, probably not much. Will have to check back in 5 years after we see the costs to operate and lawsuits from accidents 😆

      1. https://compassinternational.net/railroad-engineering-construction-cost-benchmarks/
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      how about historically? we had rail, and it was great. Most of it was ripped up at the behest of auto manufacturers.

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        It was mostly the street car systems that got ripped up, not the stuff that carries freight.

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          trams were the biggest casualty, but not the only.

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            Tram! That’s the word I was looking for…

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