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arrow-up12.04Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square575fedilink
minus-squarespiphy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoVehicles purchased might go down but vehicle miles traveled will go way up. The cost of driving will go down so there will be more mile driven and then there will be all the added trips of empty vehicles.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t think the empty miles will be a huge factor, just the increase in total miles.
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Vehicles purchased might go down but vehicle miles traveled will go way up. The cost of driving will go down so there will be more mile driven and then there will be all the added trips of empty vehicles.
I don’t think the empty miles will be a huge factor, just the increase in total miles.