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by yongjik 4283 days ago
Sure, if you compare technology currently in commercial use to technology where prototypes are just being built (or even better, technology that Richard Branson wants to have), the latter must look shinier. Hardly surprising.

By the way, you didn't really address "Cars are SLOW" part.
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ekianjo 4283 days ago
> By the way, you didn't really address "Cars are SLOW" part.

Really ?

> I'm pretty sure we will see at some point motorways for automated cars where cars will go way above current speed limits

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rurounijones 4283 days ago
> By the way, you didn't really address "Cars are SLOW" part.

Not scientific but: Top Gear's race in Japan for example.

Car absolutely obliterated the public transportation network which included the Shinkansen (ignoring the "I turned the satnav off accidentally and lost an hour" bit).

Although hard to determine just how much Clarkson was breaking the speed limits..

But it shows that direct point to point travel can make up for slower average speed.

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