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by throwaway81523 1444 days ago
> With some infrastructure improvements we could have "virtual" trains. Vehicles would talk to each other on the highway

I think the idea is to get rid of the roads and have the robo vehicles travel instead on tracks. That increases fuel efficiency and bypasses a lot of AI challenges.
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RC_ITR 1443 days ago
Not only that. Overhead electrical solves a lot of the mining/environmental impact of batteries.

It’s the low-key case that Elon will be remembered poorly (like Robert Moses’ rapidly degrading legacy) for

1) Having the wrong vision for EVs (but successfully executing non it anyway)

2) Making space travel cheap (thereby increasing the amount of carbon energy dedicated to it) without really improving an average human’s quality of life

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throwaway81523 1443 days ago
Plus messing up astronomy and maybe helping bring about Kessler syndrome. Good point about overhead electrical.
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