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mk  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If Autonomous Vehicles Rule the World: From horseless to driverless

Once you have a comfortable bed, a 10 hour drive is simply a matter of sleeping in your car. This should have considerable impact upon land use, trains, and air travel. I have to wonder if people won't start living in moving apartments. If fuel is very cheap, the car can drive about as you sleep.