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

• deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They used to.

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  • turtlesareneat@discuss.online ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because the warehouse was built on the tracks. Alas that infrastructure tie-in has mostly gone away, new facilities are built with proximity to cheap labor, land, and easy to consume + pollute natural resources.

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    • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe this type of automation could be improved by letting trains handle the long journey part:

      Autonomous truck -> train -> autonomous truck

      Then, the automated trucks (that could maybe be dispatched from rail networks when you have cargo to send) dont have to do the long distance part. Only the last couple miles each time from train to warehouse and vice versa.

      I’m sure there are complications im missing, but at scale this sounds like a feasible plan

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• jenesaisquoi@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They have, and they could again

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  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Canals can be useful for this as well, Lowell MA used to have a huge industry all on waterfronts

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Could but don’t.

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