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Cohen: No regular driverless highway trucking service operates today
“There's not a regular driverless service for trucking on highway that exists today. And that's 10 years after we've really put serious effort into the space.”
Cohen: Early autonomous trucking rollouts will concentrate on specific segments in Texas
“I don't think you'll see generalized solutions where there's just like autonomous trucks zigzagging like everywhere for a while, but
I think what you'll see is some specific segments, mostly in Texas, where you'll see occasional autonomous trucks and some sc…”
Cohen: Electric trucks cost up to $500k versus $150k-$250k for diesel
“They've been, the electric trucks themselves have been fairly expensive in some cases, four or 500,000 dollars. A truck today, a tractor today is Somewhere between one 52 50 depending on the on, on what you're buying.”
Cohen: Driver wages are roughly $1.10 of $2.40 per-mile trucking costs
“Trucking costs in 26 or 25 looked at me about two dollars and 30, 40 cents a mile, at least for the long haul side.
And I think the driver wages are about a dollar ton of that per mile.”
Eyal Cohen: California recently legalized driverless truck testing under specific conditions
“In California a week ago, you were, you would not have been legally permitted to do a driverless truck. And today you are. So there was some legislation that, or some new rulemaking there that, that allows for it with certain conditions.”