Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1955arrow-down172
arrow-up1883arrow-down1image[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square217fedilink
minus-square18107linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-21 year agoAutonomous vehicles work better on rails. Also without having to deal with pedestrians.
minus-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAnd when space efficient enough to allow for a livable city.
minus-squareBoscoBear@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoExcept that they have much lower rolling resistance and much longer lifespans of both the road and the tires.
minus-squareClaidheamh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAre you trying to argue seriously that cars are more efficient than trains?
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Autonomous vehicles work better on rails. Also without having to deal with pedestrians.
And when space efficient enough to allow for a livable city.
Except that they have much lower rolling resistance and much longer lifespans of both the road and the tires.
Are you trying to argue seriously that cars are more efficient than trains?