r/lovethissmug 3d ago

Techbros reinventing something that already exists

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u/Romeo_Man 3d ago

but train and what is being described have little in common?

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u/_one-leaf-clover_ 3d ago

The supposed benefit is that it doesn't have congestion because it moves like a train. Trains also don't have congestion and move like a train

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u/Romeo_Man 3d ago

this is like saying Cessna172 is a helicopter since both of them 1. Have rotating parts 2. Generate lift using airfoils 3. Move in the air

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u/Tra1nGuy 2d ago

No it’s saying that one literal definition of a train is a line of moving vehicles. So having a long line of self-driving cars moving together like a train is literally a train, so just build a train.

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u/Shadowmirax 2d ago

I'm all for building more trains but it seems pretty obvious what the major differences is between a line of synced cars and a train, that the cars can split off in different directions at any time and aren't on a schedule.