Beyond Driverless Trucks: Building Autonomous EV Systems

A Sweden-based transportation company called Einride aims to make autonomous, electric vehicles the future of shipping.

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[toyotaprius]

They will go at any length to eliminate the costs human labour and oversight for profit.

[abhiu]

Why they don't have other vehicles on testing track? Won't it make sense to test these with other vehicles.

[azamzaki]

This thing very suitable in my country, no snow, only sunshine and mild rain all.year long.

[joelface]

Autonomous and electric are two separate things. Both have hurdles to overcome to completely replace gas-powered or human-driven trucking. As more human drivers adopt non-gas vehicles, and as ai continues to develop, it's likely both will eventually become the norm. In fact, the explosive growth in AI the last year or so, despite being unrelated to autonomous driving, is a very encouraging sign that self-driving vehicles will continue to grow in popularity. I don't know if battery technology will improve as rapidly, but fingers crossed. I'm happy with any clean, non-gas option - hydrogen or whatever... but hope it takes off quickly!

[PSNTheSunsRay]

What about the sensors when weather reduces their capabilities? Such are rain and snow that could potentially cover the sensors?

[marcsondlucce]

You will have to redo the full infrastructure to make this relatively possible.

[arbknight]

It's hard to know for sure if that technology would ever be worldwide.
On one hand the companies could embrace it if it'll save them money.
On the other hand, the truck drivers themselves will go ballistic and proceed to support politicians who promise not to allow that electric vehicle technology to be used in their countries.

[andrw]

This is unbelievable I can’t imagine a day with out technology. My how far we have come, with the the help of A.I I believe they will be able to implement a new way for mapping the the world and creating a new Augmented Realty world for their systems to navigate.

[kkedarpp]

Just have trains. This will never happen, almost everyone has been pulling out money from autonomous vehicles.

[TheSleepLes]

I use GPS and I must tell you that until they learn how to make that work without ‘glitches’….. Often, I find my GPS telling me I am still driving on the highway when I am on the off ramp. A ‘glitch’ like that is a DISASTER in real life.

[samyg]

How about using rails for long hauls and then smaller vehicles for “the last mile” far more efficient, safer for the roads and other drivers

[Patrickstarrrrr]

So many people cheering on this technology despite the threat of costing millions of people their jobs. Won’t be so keen on it if this stuff threatens your livelihood

[FalconTheFries]

Trains are the OG driverless tech. Why not you Americans use that?

[ronnymcdonald]

Electric trucks are a dream, theyre too heavy to be viable lol

[PSNTheSunsRay]

If the electric truck charges on multiple batteries the recharge as the wheels turn then the Driver and fuel costs are eliminated or reduced.

[pokerchannel]

we need to replace all truck drivers iwth ai

[mikeng]

Can you imagine how easy it will be to highjack an autonomous truck? It will stop if you get in front of it and slow down. Then just jack it. And guess who will have to pay for the losses?

[waynecmontgomery]

More hype than reality. This is great tech for campuses or small unpopulated transit routes within a state. It will never travel the interstate because of liability reasons.

[asadsafavi]

Anyone can learn driving a truck but not everyone wants to be a truck driver just because they have to leave hometown for weeks. So make a system in which drivers drive the truck from hometown office

[twh]

The future of AI is very exciting. It seems every day we become closer to becoming completely autonomous… I’m excited to see what this brings for the future for both people as well as the effects it has on the workplace.