Dude, 3.5 million people work as truck drivers in the United states. You're saying there is demand for 3.5 million new trucking companies? Even half a million new trucking companies is insane.
There are currently an estimated 1.2 million trucking companies in the country. You're talking about a 50% or larger total increase in trucking companies.
Why wouldn't the existing ones just layoff all their drivers, increase their autonomous fleet size, hire a software programmer and one additional scheduler, and beat out any attempted competition from new companies that don't even have a customer base yet?
Dude, 3.5 million people work as truck drivers in the United states. You're saying there is demand for 3.5 million new trucking companies? Even half a million new trucking companies is insane.
There are currently an estimated 1.2 million trucking companies in the country. You're talking about a 50% or larger total increase in trucking companies.
Why wouldn't the existing ones just layoff all their drivers, increase their autonomous fleet size, hire a software programmer and one additional scheduler, and beat out any attempted competition from new companies that don't even have a customer base yet?
Even with job eliminating technology, the transportation sector has always grown, as technology increases productivity.