Driverless vehicle that uses sensors to measure road surface quality and repair small cracks to stop them turning into potholes and hopefully decreasing the cost of road maintenance while improving average surface quality.

  • Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Bets on this actually reducing the cost of maintenance? I’d hazard a guess that it will cost more, fix less, and result in fewer local jobs. But the VC-backed overseas startup CEO will profit, so that’s something I suppose.

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      8 months ago

      It’s a fair guess, but my guess is the opposite. Prevention is far cheaper than repairing.

      And technological advances almost always comes out on top in terms of costs in the long run.

      And this is saving money for the government, not some CEO.