I wonder how much the automation raises the price of each truck? Plus the cost of computers back at the fleet HQ which control all the trucks? How many years of operation does it need to break even on the capital outlay? How much do they have to pay an IT dept with specialists who can troubleshoot the network and truck computers? How much to train mechanics to maintain these trucks, and how much do you need to pay them?
You would need a really big fleet to hope to break even on this. You would need to significantly increase profits, which would make it tough to lower your prices to undercut your competitors. The gain has to come mainly from efficiency moving more freight faster.
The capitalist wet dream is a biz with no labor cost at all, zero employees. The factory that runs itself. Those wage slaves are such a pain in the ass all the time! Always asking for time off for vacations and sick leave. The nerve!
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