<story><title>Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-einride-autonomous-sweden/driverless-electric-truck-starts-deliveries-on-swedish-public-road-idUSKCN1SL0NC</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>adav</author><text>I wonder what would cost the Transport firm more: the time impact due to the low 5km&amp;#x2F;h speed or the costs of a human driver per truck?&lt;p&gt;At was speed does the automated system pay for itself if speed vs human is a reasonable trade off to consider?&lt;p&gt;* Not considering the cost of doing the research and the cost of the self-driving truck.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dsfyu404ed</author><text>For OTR use the human driver costs you tons of money because the regulations that go with the human driver force the truck to be stationary a large fraction of the time.  That&amp;#x27;s the market they&amp;#x27;re (eventually) targeting, not local delivery where the driver usually also has responsibilities having to do with the cargo.&lt;p&gt;For the use case mentioned in the article the human driven option is going to be cheaper because the human driven truck goes faster.  Going 10km&amp;#x2F;h results in basically the same throughput as having two trucks (yes I know there&amp;#x27;s other &amp;quot;per trip&amp;quot; overhead, that&amp;#x27;s not the point).</text></comment>
<story><title>Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-einride-autonomous-sweden/driverless-electric-truck-starts-deliveries-on-swedish-public-road-idUSKCN1SL0NC</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>adav</author><text>I wonder what would cost the Transport firm more: the time impact due to the low 5km&amp;#x2F;h speed or the costs of a human driver per truck?&lt;p&gt;At was speed does the automated system pay for itself if speed vs human is a reasonable trade off to consider?&lt;p&gt;* Not considering the cost of doing the research and the cost of the self-driving truck.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dredds</author><text>Assuming the battery could be swapped out in a few minutes, then traveling at a 1&amp;#x2F;3 of the speed of a human driver displaces the cost of one driver on a regular shift of 8 hours. But on a 24&amp;#x2F;7&amp;#x2F;365 schedule (weekends and holidays too) even 1&amp;#x2F;4 the speed will cover wages. Reversing this, an Electric Truck with battery swap or on-road charging going 25km&amp;#x2F;h displaces the cost of 1 driver traveling 100km&amp;#x2F;h for equal distance.</text></comment>