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Why We Are Here => Economics & Investing => Topic started by: ergophobe on October 16, 2017, 02:24:13 AM

Title: Self-driving cars are giving engineers a fuel efficiency headache
Post by: ergophobe on October 16, 2017, 02:24:13 AM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-11/driverless-cars-are-giving-engineers-a-fuel-economy-headache


QuoteThat's because self-driving technology is a huge power drain. Some of today's prototypes for fully autonomous systems consume two to four kilowatts of electricity -- the equivalent of having 50 to 100 laptops continuously running in the trunk