>Parallel’s battery-electric cars — which can run alone or together as an autonomous platoon of up to 50 cars — can each carry a single containerhttps://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/fra-approves-first-test-program-of-autonomous-rail-cars/Phase 1>2 mile section of track with no crossingsPhase 2>30 miles of track>no other rail operations>crossings flaggedPhases 3+4>84 miles of track>incorporating track warrant authorityPhase 5>actually hauling containersPhase 6>160 miles>incorporating system into usual railroad operations>containers now have test loadsPhase 7>"limited" revenue cargo>"platooning" operations of up to 50 cars
Are these really going to be cheaper and/or quicker than a truck? That's the market the article says these are aiming for (obviously a few hundred of these are going to be much more expensive than a few locomotives).
>>2031799>Are these really going to be cheaper and/or quicker than a truck?Nope
>>2031797>replace train with trugg>turn trugg into train>oligarchy intensifies God damnit America, get your shit together
