Comment on Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads

• callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nothing will be cheaper. It’ll go to profits.

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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Everything will cost so much less that Universal Basic Income wouldn’t need to be anywhere near as high as it is right now to be “living wage”.

  Assuming companies would pass the saving to their customers, which is usually not the case these days.

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• Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Remember when prices went down when self checkout became a thing everywhere?

  I dont.

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• pezhore@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh you sweet summer child. There is zero chance that the cost savings will be passed on to consumers. In fact, I’ll bet prices go up after an initial plateau.

  At first, profits will rise due to the lack of $30/hr costs - and shareholders will celebrate the innovation.

  Then when the migration to self-driving semis is complete and that profit levels out, shareholders will be pissed that the profits don’t continue to rise - so prices will rise again.

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But on the flip side, you also have to consider how much cheaper, well, literally everything, will be

  No, it is not true. Trucks are big. In total, transportation is dead cheap.

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• LucidNightmare@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When has the price of anything ever come down?

  I’ve been around for quite some time now, and I’ve seen things get pretty damn advanced, but not once have I EVER seen the prices of something go down.

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• John_McMurray@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It doesn’t cost much to have a driver as compared to the value amd volume of product. The expense is the fuel.

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• 0x0@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But of course! Trickle down economy at work! /s

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Those mining trucks don’t have to deal with Altimas.

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