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Human Driving Increases Transportation Cost 10x

Austin Vernon · 10 Nov 2024 · austinvernon.site ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Most of what a car costs is the weight and structure needed to survive human driving error, not the transport it delivers.

    Their wordsHumans being awful drivers leads to a massive increase in vehicle costs and weight, makes cars more dangerous to people outside of them, and imposes significant costs on infrastructure like roads.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    Once a vehicle no longer has to survive a crash with a human driver, it can be made ten times lighter without losing speed or interior space.

    Their wordsIt should be possible to decrease the weight of a car by 10x without sacrificing speed or internal volume.
    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    What stands between us and cheap lightweight vehicles is that they are illegal, not that they are hard to build.

    Their wordsCheap, lightweight people movers are currently illegal in many situations, so regulation is a barrier.
    Interesting