Self driving trucks but they have to be escorted by someone in a car, but that's cheaper because they don't have to have a CDL, and you innovate by connecting multiple trailers onto the truck in a row so you basically have Uber drivers piloting Australian road trains.
the car is also self-driving, there's only one person in the car and they're expected to take over the self-driving car and the self-driving truck if needed because hey, what are the odds that both self-driving features will fail at the same time?
There was a company that was already running automated semis between exits iirc. They did a deal with Budweiser at one point.
Google says it was Otto.
https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/25/technology/otto-budweiser-self-driving-truck/index.html
There was also a competitor that intended to use remote drivers for the complicated parts of the trips. I'm sure that'll go well.
Genius, it's not like the complicated parts tend to be mountainous with poor connectivity or anything.
this is a terrible idea even in ideal conditions, anyone who's played a videogame can tell you that it's easy to crash driving with wireless latency.
Self driving trucks but they have to be escorted by someone in a car, but that's cheaper because they don't have to have a CDL, and you innovate by connecting multiple trailers onto the truck in a row so you basically have Uber drivers piloting Australian road trains.
the car is also self-driving, there's only one person in the car and they're expected to take over the self-driving car and the self-driving truck if needed because hey, what are the odds that both self-driving features will fail at the same time?
Remote drivers seem even worse than an AI would be. Imagine is the internet connection is spotty.
But think of the savings! Lol.