Fried_out_Kombi to Fuck CarsEnglish · 2 years ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?imagemessage-square518linkfedilinkarrow-up12.26Karrow-down1156
arrow-up12.1Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?Fried_out_Kombi to Fuck CarsEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square518linkfedilink
minus-squareassassin_aragornlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThey are, but only in specified routes. The issue is the areas they don’t hit because there isn’t a ton of demand. That said, someone else mentioned a taxi type public transit service, and that would solve this perfectly.
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They are, but only in specified routes. The issue is the areas they don’t hit because there isn’t a ton of demand. That said, someone else mentioned a taxi type public transit service, and that would solve this perfectly.