Driverless Cars Are Giving Engineers a Fuel Economy Headache - Slashdot

Driverless Cars Are Giving Engineers a Fuel Economy Headache - Slashdot:
"schwit1 shares a report from Bloomberg:
Judging from General Motors' test cars and Elon Musk's predictions, the world is headed toward a future that's both driverless and all-electric.
In reality, autonomy and battery power could end up being at odds.
That'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, according to BorgWarner Inc.
The supplier of vehicle propulsion systems expects the first autonomous cars -- likely robotaxis that are constantly on the road -- will be too energy-hungry to run on battery power alone..."