Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverless Trucks

Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by vkou on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:46PM (#14616409)

What's not cheap is the last mile. We're talking about long-haul trucking, here.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by chaostheory on Friday June 23, 2017 @10:13AM (#14619266)

For companies like Amazon and Walmart, there's no such thing as cheap enough especially when it's tied to shipping.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by vkou on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:05PM (#14620745)

Of course you want to cut costs.

But what percentage do trucking expenses make, of their overall sales receipts?

Will their sales double if the cost of trucking drops by a third?

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by chaostheory on Friday June 23, 2017 @06:16PM (#14623185)

in Walmart's case it would allow them to offer free shipping for even more items. For other companies it would allow them to offer free shipping or better terms for free shipping (i.e. you have to buy less to get it).

Yes I could be wrong but I feel further lowering the costs of long distance trucking would help increase eccomerce sales for retailers which in turn would further increase demand for it

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