[QUOTE=ombugge;181730]Not likely in America, but watch for it being reality for Short Sea shipping in Northern Europe / Scandinavia within a decade.
Rolls Royce and others are not into producing pipe dreams but developing viable technology. They are not spending their R&D money on something that cannot be done in a reasonable time span.
They are in business to make money, not waste time and money on BS. (Leave that to Governments)
We had a thread going here with a lively exchange of opinions, but it got shut down for some reason.(??)[/QUOTE]
I am of the opinion that unless you get to a point of having a crew of these posting on gCaptain…
To repair freon leaks - to protect all the fancy electronics, conduct hour based maintenance, etc… there will be a man, or some men on the technical side. A ship is not like the Google car. I agree, very short runs possible (Maybe Aalesund fairy service to Hareid), but that video was not in that context.