On: Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverless Trucks

[vkou]

What's not cheap is the last mile. We're talking about long-haul trucking, here.

[chaostheory → vkou]

For companies like Amazon and Walmart, there's no such thing as cheap enough especially when it's tied to shipping.

[vkou → chaostheory]

Of course you want to cut costs.

But what percentage do trucking expenses make, of their overall sales receipts?

Will their sales double if the cost of trucking drops by a third?

[chaostheory → vkou]

in Walmart's case it would allow them to offer free shipping for even more items. For other companies it would allow them to offer free shipping or better terms for free shipping (i.e. you have to buy less to get it).

Yes I could be wrong but I feel further lowering the costs of long distance trucking would help increase eccomerce sales for retailers which in turn would further increase demand for it