From taking jobs to making jobs – the employment potential of AV trucking

Concerns that automated vehicles might hurt the trucking jobs market have some basis, but the industry is confident the picture is more upbeat than some argue. By Xavier Boucherat

The history of human technology has seen multiple rounds of automation, and whilst each has brought very clear safety and productivity benefits, they have also brought upheavals in the labour market. The advent of autonomous trucks now raises concerns from the world’s truckers, their respective unions, and governments….