[spooph]

I think once autonomous is a reality, there is no reason for a motorcycle. I don't see why a motorcycle would ever be autonomous. A full automated system would be much better with a bunch of Smart-like cars, if'n they wanted something single/double occupancy only - like a motorcycle.

I mean, motorcycles are much less practical than small cars.

The other thing to consider is energy - wind resistance is an economy killer, so, if the autonomous cars are above ground in the regular atmosphere, they're speeds will probably be limited to 80mph, if not less. 65mph seems to be the most efficient speed for most ICE engines, so even if they can miss one another, it might still be too much to propel them much faster.

Now, if we're talking about mag-lev tubes, that would be super quick!

However, never say never, in another 200 years we might not even need a vehicle with the way teleportation is going...