California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks::California’s State Senate this week passed a bill which, if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, would require autonomous semi-trailer trucks to have a trained human safety operator whenever they operate on public roads […]

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Cost is determined more by what people are willing to pay and less by what it costs to make the product.

          If they can charge $5 for a bottle of water, they’re going to do that whether it’s costs $1 or $2 to make.

          So if they could increase costs today, they would. An increased tax would give them a politically friendly exercuse to do so, but it’s just an excuse. They’d do it either way.

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      1 year ago

      No, what I really want is more transportation options to get as many fucking people off the road as possible. Covid was beautiful when no one was driving but my company made me.