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<blockquote data-quote="TooTechie" data-source="post: 1682525" data-attributes="member: 28388"><p>The first issue: You'd have to get everyone to agree not to own and operate their own vehicle to make that BS work. You'd have to essentially have a network of autonomous vehicles or a smart tram system, but you couldn't have that <strong>and </strong>driver-operated vehicles on the road. The article talks about people giving up their vehicles. </p><p>Second issue: Dirt roads or remote areas with people who live 30 minutes from their nearest neighbor or 45 minutes from the nearest business.</p><p></p><p>Vehicles won't be replaced. People will always want to have their own private conveyance. At some point energy storage may become efficient and affordable enough that everyone has a purely electric vehicle, but it would need to have a much longer range than current electric vehicles to become the norm. Hybrids appear to be the closest we'll get for a while.</p><p></p><p>Robotics could be used for some deliveries, but each address would essentially have to be programmed in to ever work. You can't always drive to 10 Maple St and just walk 25 feet to an open porch and drop a package. Many places wouldn't be robot/drone friendly including unmarked buildings, buildings with non-conventional entrances, buildings behind buildings, buildings in the woods, etc etc.</p><p></p><p>This article was an over-reach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TooTechie, post: 1682525, member: 28388"] The first issue: You'd have to get everyone to agree not to own and operate their own vehicle to make that BS work. You'd have to essentially have a network of autonomous vehicles or a smart tram system, but you couldn't have that [B]and [/B]driver-operated vehicles on the road. The article talks about people giving up their vehicles. Second issue: Dirt roads or remote areas with people who live 30 minutes from their nearest neighbor or 45 minutes from the nearest business. Vehicles won't be replaced. People will always want to have their own private conveyance. At some point energy storage may become efficient and affordable enough that everyone has a purely electric vehicle, but it would need to have a much longer range than current electric vehicles to become the norm. Hybrids appear to be the closest we'll get for a while. Robotics could be used for some deliveries, but each address would essentially have to be programmed in to ever work. You can't always drive to 10 Maple St and just walk 25 feet to an open porch and drop a package. Many places wouldn't be robot/drone friendly including unmarked buildings, buildings with non-conventional entrances, buildings behind buildings, buildings in the woods, etc etc. This article was an over-reach. [/QUOTE]
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