Demand for Drivers in Transportation Sector Declining [Jobs of the Future Report, Part 3]

As the industrial sphere becomes increasingly automated, employment in the transportation sector will take a big hit. A recent report from Goldman Sachs Economic Research predicted that self-driving technology could cost America’s professional drivers up to 25,000 jobs a month, or 300,000 jobs a year.

Autonomous vehicle makers are paying more attention to the trucking industry, as trucks typically travel on highways or fixed routes that make automation relatively easy. Automation is also being turned to as a potential solution to the much-discussed driver shortage .

Many companies have been working on driverless trucks, including Kodiak Robotics, Starsky Robotics , […]

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