[quote=spdrun]Autonomous cars will be unlikely to draft. The “cars following a foot from each other” thing is a myth. Any autonomous car would have to be as safe as possible for the manufacturer to avoid lawsuits. Even if you remove reaction time, braking distances vary significantly between vehicles, even vehicles of the same type (depending on load, tires, etc). Following distances might be slightly reduced, but not enough to draft.[/quote]
They are already testing platooning/drafting autonomous trucks in Europe. Maybe not drafting to the degree that is optimally efficient but enough to get some fuel/power saving efficiency.
