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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by danblick on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:59AM (#13159566)
In order to see most of the benefit from self driving trucks, you need a fully autonomous vehicle that can travel without a person paid to sit in it, right?
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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by jmount on Monday December 12, 2016 @01:29PM (#13160456)
No, even packs of 3 trucks with 1 driver (on the interstates or other long distance routes) would be substantial savings (and a huge impact on employment).
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Re:Google’s self-driving car team prepares to spin out from ... by benibela on Monday December 12, 2016 @01:22PM (#13160379)
Or out source them

Have one person remotely control 100 self driving trucks simultanously

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