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Re:Hyundai to buy 'thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots by tw_wankette on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @10:12AM (#43622023)
Correct. They've become significantly cheaper to run, and their lifetime costs are vastly more affordable.

In the 1960's, getting a car to 100,000 miles was an achievement; now, the car is just getting broken in.

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Re:Hyundai to buy 'thousands' of Boston Dynamics robots by LunaSea on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @10:20AM (#43622111)
Car repairs have increased as well. So I'd like a bit more sources regarding your assertions.

> In the 1960's, getting a car to 100,000 miles was an achievement; now, the car is just getting broken in.

The average car reaches 160K miles before end of life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_longevity.

So by 100K miles, 50% of cars have already lived two thirds of their life.

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