Ahhhh. Come on ON, think about this for a second. If they have trucks smart enough to drive themselves reliably down the highway, the technology and equipment required to have automated refueling stations is pretty much stone-age level compared to what it takes to get them there in the first place.
You are thinking about what's out there today. They can just build, and for cheap too, purposed off ramps that don't really exit the interstate, similar to weigh stations, where trucks would just roll in and position themselves for a robotic arm to come down and fill em up. They can even weigh them at the same time, which means they can close all the weigh stations and fire some government employees while they're at it. Double plus plus.
As oftentimes happens in these threads, this conversation evoked a blast from the past.
When the lights go down in the California town
People are in for the evening
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
My heart beatin' time with my breathin'
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
There's people out there turnin' music into gold
Well my buddy Jim Bass he's a-workin' pumpin gas
And he makes two fifty for an hour
He's got rythm in his hands as he's tappin' on the cans
Sings rock and roll in the shower
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul
There's people out there turnin' music into gold
(That's Stevie Nicks adding some harmony btw)
Gold.