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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Insider is seeking nominations for its upcoming list of the self-driving industry's power players.</li><li>Nominees must work for a company developing self-driving tech. They cannot be the CEO of a company.</li></ul>Insider is seeking nominations for its upcoming list of the power players in the self-driving and autonomous vehicle industry.Behind the many auto and tech companies pouring billions of dollars into commercializing self-driving systems are great leaders, many with years of experience as engineers, designers, and developers. They're leading the industry into the future. They're fostering the next generation of talent. And oftentimes, they have institutional knowledge and expertise that's invaluable. In the past, we've selected notable executives from <keyword id="11900744" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tesla" source="Orion">Tesla</keyword>, <keyword id="12299471" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="zoox" source="Orion">Zoox</keyword>, and <keyword id="11930971" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cruise" source="Orion">Cruise</keyword>. This year, we want to hear from the companies making the biggest waves in AV development, but also from those just getting started. One caveat: Insider is looking for individuals influencing their companies the most (and playing a part in the future of the industry) but who aren't chief executives. We want to highlight the folks that are just as important to the future of these businesses as their CEOs.These are our criteria:<ul><li>Nominees must currently work for a company that's developing technology for <keyword id="6372651" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="autonomous-vehicles" source="Orion">autonomous vehicles</keyword>.</li><li>Nominees cannot be the CEO of the company. CEOs will not be included in the selected list. </li><li>Submit your nomination(s) through this <a href="https://forms.gle/oQD1tAVXmKWyApX56">Google Form by March 15</a>.</li><li>Tell us why you or someone you know is leading this booming space. </li><li>If you want to nominate more than one person, fill out a separate form for each person. </li><li>LIMIT: A max of five submissions per company's internal PR/communications team. If a company exceeds this number, Insider will review the first five submissions. This is to ensure we are able to review a variety of nominations from many different companies. (If a company receives externally-nominated individual nominations, those will not be counted as part of a company's five but will also be considered). </li><li>If you have any questions, reach out to this reporter at astjohn@insider.com.</li></ul>The form requests a photo be emailed to Alexa St. John; the photo is not a requirement for submission or selection or taken into consideration during selection. It simply makes the publishing process easier once the selected list is finalized. You can find <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/power-players-autonomous-vehicles-tesla-morgan-stanley-zoox-2021-4">2021's autonomous-vehicle power player list here</a> for examples of previous honorees.Please do not nominate anyone who's already been selected in previous years. You can renominate anyone who was nominated before, but was not selected, in previous years.You may also nominate anyone who qualifies and was nominated, but not selected, for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/self-driving-industry-rising-stars-2022-2022-2">Self-Driving Rising Stars</a>.

We're looking for the power players of the self-driving vehicle industry — here's how to nominate yourself or someone you know

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Marine researchers found a mysterious golden orb deep on the Alaskan seafloor.</li><li>The team joked it was like something out of a horror movie because it's so puzzling.</li></ul>Earth's oceans are vast and mysterious, and scientists have yet to describe roughly 91% of its species. It's not entirely surprising, then, that deep-sea explorers just found something entirely new during an Alaskan expedition. But this particular object, what looks like the remains of some type of golden orb or egg, surprised scientists. "I don't know what to make of that," said a researcher during a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/science/scientists-find-golden-egg-on-the-alaskan-s[…]023/09/07/b462d94b-489a-4cba-83b4-80fa269b8898_video.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">live stream</a> of the expedition.The mysterious object that resembles a reject from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory was discovered on August 30 as part of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition that's using a remotely operated vehicle to map to currently map the Alaska seafloor. The team that found it is with the <a href="https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Exploration.</a>Usually, researchers can at least guess how an unknown specimen fits in with other species just by looking at it, Sam Candio, the expedition's coordinator, told Insider via email.But the orb completely puzzled them. "With this sample, we need that further lab analysis to even begin placing it into any kind of biological group," he said. <h2>An egg casing, a sponge, or something more strange </h2>Using a remotely-operated vehicle 2 miles under the ocean, the researchers were cruising around the Kodiak–Bowie Seamount chain of extinct volcanoes when they saw the orb, Candio said. "Essentially we stumbled across it," he said. "This is a depth zone with very little data about the species that inhabit it, particularly in the Gulf of Alaska, so we were hopeful that we would find something interesting and new," Candio said. Team members <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article278790414.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joked</a> that the orb looked like something out of a horror movie. The orb could be an egg case or sponge, but Candio isn't ruling out "something more strange." <div type="image" title="A hand holds a melted-looking golden orb that NOAA researchers found on the Alskan seafloor" height="794" width="1058" msid="103483932" hostid="261" sizebytes="41270"></div>The remote vehicle comes with a vacuum-like device that its robotic arm used to suction up the squishy egg, which has a skin-like tissue."To the touch, it is flimsy on the edges and incredibly delicate and flaky," said Candio. "The center is a concave dome shape and firmer than the edges." Researchers will need to perform tests — including DNA, dissection, and microscopy, Candio said — before they can determine what species the fleshy orb belongs to."The more information we got through visual analysis and sampling of the orb, the less we felt we knew about it, which is exciting!" he said. Moving around the seafloor as deep as 3.7 miles below the surface, the vehicle has come across something unique or unexpected on every dive, Candio said."The diversity and wonder of the waters surrounding Alaska has been nothing short of breathtaking," he added.You can watch the <a href="https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/livestreams/welcome.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">live stream</a> from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET through September 15 to see other interesting marine life, from carnivorous sponges to octopuses guarding their eggs.

Ocean explorers found a golden orb on the Alaskan seafloor, and they have no idea what it is

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Alvin is one of the oldest deep-sea submersibles and is responsible for many scientific discoveries.</li><li>Lisa Levin, an oceanographer, told Insider that Alvin missions are different from underwater tourism expeditions.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/the-titan-submermsible-catastrophic-implosion-rescue-effort-years-in-making-2023-6">The presumed implosion of the Titan</a> has prompted a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-inside-triton-submersibles-submarines-james-cameron-ray-dalio-backed-2023-1">sudden societal interest in the science behind submersibles</a> as the <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-happens-when-submersible-submarine-implodes-2023-6">trials and tribulations of the Titan sub's operation</a> are unearthed in the aftermath of the tragedy.But not all underwater vessels are created equally, one veteran oceanographer told Insider.<a href="https://llevin.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lisa Levin</a>, a marine ecologist at the University of San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has taken dozens of deep-water dives on various submersibles throughout her scientific career.There's one sub that stands above the rest: Alvin."Alvin is better than most of them in terms of being very reliable, safe, and getting a lot of work done," Levin said. "It's probably contributed more to deep sea science than any other submarine out there."The three-person sub is one of the oldest deep-ocean submersibles, commissioned in 1964. The famous vessel is perhaps best known for <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-first-manned-expedition-sunken-wreck-titanic-180964021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking the first humans to the Titanic shipwreck in 1986</a> when oceanographer <a href="https://www.insider.com/robert-ballard-says-authorities-knew-where-to-look-missing-titan-2023-6#:~:text=Robert%20Ballard%2C%20a%20retired%20Navy,that%20the%20vessel%20imploded%20just">Robert Ballard led a research expedition to the wreckage</a> just one year after it was discovered <a href="https://www.insider.com/titanic-wreckage-titan-sub-missing-miles-below-ocean-surface-2023-6">approximately 12,500 feet deep</a> off the coast of Newfoundland.The spherical sub boasts seven reversible thrusters and two robotic arms, and it can reach four miles beneath the surface, giving researchers access to 99% of the ocean floor, <a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a>, the nonprofit research facility that operates the Navy-owned sub.Alvin has been on more than 5,000 dives and is the vessel responsible for <a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/history-of-alvin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several advancements in scientific research and discovery</a>, including <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-lost-nuclear-bombs-in-spain-2018-1">the 1966 recovery of a hydrogen bomb that was dropped nearly 3,000 feet deep</a> in the Mediterranean Sea after an Air Force B-52 collided with a tanker aircraft over Spain; the 1974 close-up photography of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/atlantic-ocean-widening-geologic-forces-earth-crust-2021-1">Mid-Atlantic Ridge</a>, which is part of the longest mountain range in the world; and the 1977 discovery of diverse wildlife in the warm water vents of the Galapagos IslandsBut for all its achievements, safety is Alvin's top priority, Woods Hole representatives have said. "There's two things you don't sacrifice in innovation and that's quality and safety," J. Carl Hartsfield, a retired Navy Captain who runs an oceanographic systems lab at Woods Hole and also consulted on the search for the missing Titan last month, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/what-is-the-future-of-submersibles-after-titan-implosion-186198085928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told NBC News.</a><div type="image" title="A black and white photo of the Alvin submersible." height="3076" width="2556" msid="101786212" hostid="261" sizebytes="476912"></div>Alvin is taken apart, inspected, and reassembled every five years and then goes for recertification by the Navy, a representative with Woods Hole told <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2023-07-07/alvin-sub-san-diego" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The San Diego Union-Tribune.</a> The most recent set of upgrades <a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/history-of-alvin/alvin-upgrade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was completed in 2021</a> and included improved visibility, new lighting and imaging systems, improved sensors, and a state-of-the-art command and control system. Engineers at Woods Hole pressure test every piece of equipment on board Alvin, no matter how small, NBC News reported. Approximately 60% of the sub is Navy-certified, including critical safety components like life support and flotation foam, Bruce Strickrott, an Alvin pilot, told The Tribune-Union."The sub is built around the idea that we have to come home," Strickrott said to NBC News. The strenuous precautions in place are reassuring for Levin, who has taken 53 dives on Alvin and said she has never once felt unsafe, even as temperatures turn frigid and lights wane hundreds of meters beneath the surface on her hours-long trips below. OceanGate, the company that created and operated the doomed Titan sub, has been accused in the aftermath of the vessel's likely implosion of <a href="https://www.insider.com/lost-titanic-sub-maker-innovation-vessel-not-classed-industry-standards-2023-6">prioritizing innovation over safety</a>. Several industry experts warned OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush about the potential dangers of the Titan's irregular construction and the sub was party to <a href="https://www.insider.com/titanic-sub-malfunctions-oceangate-previous-dives-2023-7" rel="">a series of troublesome past expedition perils</a>. OceanGate's website and social media accounts were removed on Friday.A representative from TrailRunner International who has previously responded to media requests for OceanGate did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The exploratory vessel most likely imploded last month while on a dive to the Titanic shipwreck with five passengers on board, according to coast guard officials.From its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-sub-photos-suggest-carbon-fiber-hull-to-blame-expert-says-2023-6">carbon-fiber hull</a> to its larger pill shape, the Titan diverged from industry standards. "There's a reason Alvin has been a titanium sphere all of its existence," Levin told Insider."When you push it, it wants to stay that shape," Strickrott told NBC News of Alvin. The Titan operation and other tourist exploration expeditions like it are so different from the research dives Levin and other researchers undertake that she said the two are practically incomparable, despite both taking place on submersibles."It would be like comparing a commercial airline to somebody who built their own airplane and flew it and had an accident," she said. Alvin and Levin's next mission is focused on methane seeps and the chemosynthesis ecosystems they fuel off the coast of San Diego. That expedition later this month will only take Levin and her colleagues down to 1,020 meters, relatively shallow compared to her past experiences on Alvin, she said. But next spring, Levin will ride Alvin deeper than she ever has before off Kodiak Island to examine seeps at 5,500 meters.She isn't worried. "For me, I don't think the risk is particularly much more than getting in a car on a freeway," she said.

The submersible that first took humans to the Titanic wreck has made more than 5,000 dives. A researcher who has been on the Alvin 53 times says it's nothing like the Titan.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-first-mars-sample-mysteriously-missing-2021-8">NASA's Perseverance rover</a> has had a rock stuck on one of its wheels for the last four months.</li><li>While other rocks have hitched weeks-long rides on rovers, this rock has been stuck for months.</li></ul>Since at least early February, <keyword id="6360409" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nasa" source="Orion">NASA</keyword>'s Perseverance rover has had a rock clinging to its front left wheel. While other Martian rocks have previously latched onto rovers for weeks at a time, this particular rock has stuck around for months — reaching "pet rock" status.After landing in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nasa-perseverance-rover-will-land-on-mars-2021-2">Jezero Crater</a> in February 2021, the Perseverance rover began <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-first-mars-sample-mysteriously-missing-2021-8">sampling Martian rocks</a> and looking for signs of ancient life. And since at least February 2022, the car-sized robot has not been doing it alone. A little pet rock hitched a ride on NASA's crater floor campaign and has since continued a long trek on the red planet. "If this pet rock could talk, it might tell us about the changes it's noticed as we traveled back north through the Octavia E. Butler landing site, and then west, passing the spectacular remains of the former extent of the delta, 'Kodiak,' on our journey to the western Jezero delta," Eleni Ravanis, a Perseverance student collaborator from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/384/perseverance-has-a-pet-rock/">wrote in a mission update last week</a>. The agency says the rock is not damaging the wheel, but it shows up frequently in the rover's Hazcam — <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-best-photos-100-days-on-mars-2021-6">a camera</a> used to detect obstacles in the rover's way. "We've seen these kinds of rocks get 'caught' in Curiosity's wheels from time to time, too," Andrew Good, a NASA spokesperson, told <a href="https://www.cnet.com/science/space/nasa-mars-perseverance-rover-has-a-rock-hitchhiking-in-one-of-its-wheels/">CNET</a> in March. Roughly 18 years ago, a potato-sized rock found its way into the Spirit rover's rear right wheel. "They occur during cross-slope drives, and tend to fall out entirely on their own after a while (there's no particular way to get this rock out of our 'shoe')," Good wrote in an email to CNET.<div type="image" title="The same rock still in the rover’s front left wheel on sol 413. Image taken April 19, 2022." height="965" width="1288" msid="92046422" hostid="261"></div>But while other rocks fall out on their own within weeks, Percy's new rock companion is sticking around. The rock has so far hitchhiked more than 5.3 miles across the Martian landscape, according to <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/384/perseverance-has-a-pet-rock/">NASA</a>.Since astronomers are unsure when the rock will end its journey, Ravanis has a message for any future Martian geologists mapping Jezero Crater: "If you've found a rock that looks out of place, you might just be looking at the former pet rock of Perseverance!"

The Perseverance rover has a pet rock. NASA says it's breaking hitchhiking records.

Meet the first class of autonomous driving's rising stars.Business Insider's transportation team searched for the brightest young minds behind self-driving cars and trucks making significant strides in the fledgling industry despite - or in many cases thanks to - their relative youth.From drifting an autonomous DeLorean and modeling forest fires to building ocean-exploring robots and winning international coding competitions, no rising star's background was the same. Dozens of nominations spanned academics, professional training, nationalities, and inspiration.For the same reasons, culling the list to select the best of the best was no easy task.Our criteria: We asked that nominees be 30 years old or younger, work in a field directly related to the development of self-driving vehicles, and stand out from their peers in some meaningful way. Editors made the final decisions.From massive companies like Google and Uber to nimble startups like Aurora and Kodiak Robotics, here's the inaugural list of the rising stars of autonomous driving.<h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rising-stars-self-driving-autonomous-vehicles-uber-lyft-waymo-argo-2019-12">See the full list on Business Insider here.</a></h2>

Introducing the rising stars of autonomous driving

Rahul Ahluwalia; Alexis Tuaso /Cruise; Keysha Camps/General Motors; Roman Udovichenko/Yandex; Ruobing Su/Business InsiderMeet the first class of autonomous driving's rising stars.Business Insider's transportation team searched for the brightest young minds behind self-driving cars and trucks making significant strides in the fledgling industry despite - or in many cases thanks to - their relative youth.From drifting an autonomous DeLorean and modeling forest fires to building ocean-exploring robots and winning international coding competitions, no rising star's background was the same. Dozens of nominations spanned academics, professional training, nationalities, and inspiration.For the same reasons, culling the list to select the best of the best was no easy task.Our criteria: We asked that nominees be 30 years old or younger, work in a field directly related to the development of self-driving vehicles, and stand out from their peers in some meaningful way. Editors made the final decisions.From massive companies like Google and Uber to nimble startups like Aurora and Kodiak Robotics, here's the inaugural list of the rising stars of autonomous driving.

Meet the rising stars of autonomous cars and trucks who are developing the self-driving future

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3116" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cruise">Cruise</keyword>, the self-driving car firm owned by <keyword id="4581" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="general-motors">General Motors</keyword>, is culling around 8% of its workforce.</li><li>According to Bloomberg, which first reported the news, the move is aimed at cutting costs amid the ongoing <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> pandemic.</li><li>Cruise, which has previously raised money from SoftBank's Vision Fund, is thought to have made the cuts across its recruiting, design, product, and business strategy teams.</li><li>"The actions we took today reflect us doubling down on our engineering work and engineering talent," a Cruise spokesman told The Verge.</li><li>Several other firms in the autonomous vehicle sector have made cuts during the coronavirus pandemic, including Zoox, Velodyne, and Starship Technologies.</li><li>Cruise did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Cruise, the self-driving car firm owned by General Motors, is culling around 8% of its workforce.According to Bloomberg, which first <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-14/gm-s-cruise-unit-laying-off-almost-8-of-full-time-employees?sref=ExbtjcSG">reported the news</a>, the move is aimed at cutting costs amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Cruise, which has previously raised money from SoftBank's Vision Fund, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/f3d2b9">reportedly made the cuts across its recruiting, design, product, and business strategy teams</a>. The number of workers culled totals around 150.A Cruise spokesman was bullish regarding the cuts, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/14/21259001/cruise-gm-layoff-self-driving-unit-recruiting-product-design">telling The Verge</a> that "the actions we took today reflect us doubling down on our engineering work and engineering talent."The Cruise news follows a depressingly familiar pattern, with several other firms in the autonomous vehicle sector having made staff cuts during the coronavirus pandemic. These firms include including Zoox, Velodyne, Kodiak Robotics and Starship Technologies.The firm's fleet of <keyword id="1052513" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="self-driving-cars">self-driving cars</keyword> has not been in use since March, though some of its vehicles have since been put to use <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21241122/cruise-self-driving-car-deliveries-food-banks-sf">delivering food to food banks in the San Francisco Bay Area</a>.Cruise did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gm-owned-self-driving-car-startup-cruise-lays-off-staff-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

GM's self-driving car startup Cruise has laid off 8% of its staff, or around 150 workers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="transportation">Transportation</keyword> &amp; Logistics Briefing subscribers. </li><li>To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/transportation-and-logistics-research-bundle?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=content_marketing&amp;itm_campaign=briefing_post&amp;itm_content=top_text&amp;itm_term=bundle_subscription_text_link-trucking-deregulation-could-change-labor-dynamics-2019-8">click here.</a></li></ul>The US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) <a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9mZWRlcmFsLXJlZ3VsYXRvcnMtcHJvcG9zZS1jaGFuZ2VzLXRvLXRydWNrZXItd29yay1ob3VyLXJ1bGVzLTExNTY1ODE4MzkxP21vZD1zZWFyY2hyZXN1bHRzJnBhZ2U9MSZwb3M9MSZtb2Q9ZGplbWxvZ2lzdGljc19o/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB9c6652c7" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy9mZWRlcmFsLXJlZ3VsYXRvcnMtcHJvcG9zZS1jaGFuZ2VzLXRvLXRydWNrZXItd29yay1ob3VyLXJ1bGVzLTExNTY1ODE4MzkxP21vZD1zZWFyY2hyZXN1bHRzJnBhZ2U9MSZwb3M9MSZtb2Q9ZGplbWxvZ2lzdGljc19o/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB9c6652c7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5onmdofqb_BwKmfyifirDMYyOrA">released</a> a plan this week that would allow truckers to split their mandated 10-hour rest period into multiple breaks. <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right no-rightrail"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>Currently, most truckers are limited to 11 hours of driving time per day, with a 10-hour continuous break reserved for rest. These restrictions, which are logged and enforced using electronic equipment on trucks, are intended to curtail extreme demands placed on truckers.The FMCSA told the Wall Street Journal that the proposed regulation would provide truckers with increased flexibility, allowing them to take breaks according to weather, traffic, and fatigue. This flexibility would, theoretically, allow drivers to be on the roads at optimal times. The agency estimates that the change could save motor carriers $275 million annually over the coming decade. The proposal comes in the midst of escalating investments in autonomous trucking technology. <ul><li>UPS purchased a minority stake in autonomous trucking unicorn TuSimple. The<a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy91cHMtdmVudHVyZXMtaW52ZXN0cy1pbi1zZWxmLWRyaXZpbmctdHJ1Y2tpbmctc3RhcnR1cC0xMTU2NTg3NDAwMg/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB32cbb7bd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy91cHMtdmVudHVyZXMtaW52ZXN0cy1pbi1zZWxmLWRyaXZpbmctdHJ1Y2tpbmctc3RhcnR1cC0xMTU2NTg3NDAwMg/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB32cbb7bd&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGpCV8uFIoeqWn4GZz-kYSzxzBuew">investment</a> - for an undisclosed amount - deepens the ties between the two companies, as UPS has already <a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS91cHMtZHJpdmVybGVzcy10cnVja3MtdHVzaW1wbGUtbWlub3JpdHktc3Rha2UtMjAxOS04/5d233c18f730436f2414784fBcaaae450" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS91cHMtZHJpdmVybGVzcy10cnVja3MtdHVzaW1wbGUtbWlub3JpdHktc3Rha2UtMjAxOS04/5d233c18f730436f2414784fBcaaae450&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMrDk5xGswzAXeBD3RC7k88ZFALA">collaborated</a> with TuSimple to pilot self-driving shipments. TuSimple autonomous trucks currently haul cargo on routes in Arizona and Texas, but the trucks still require an onboard safety driver and engineer. While TuSimple may be far from deploying fully autonomous technology, UPS's investment demonstrates its belief in the company's potential: TuSimple thinks its technology can decrease transportation costs by 30%, with commercial driverless operations commencing in late 2020 to 2021.</li><li>Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous trucking company with operations in Texas,<a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbnRlbGxpZ2VuY2UuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS9wb3N0L3Bvc3RtYXRlcy1hbWF6b24tcGlsb3QtYXV0b25vbW91cy1kZWxpdmVyeS1seWZ0LWdyb3dzLXJldmVudWVzLXJhY2UtZm9yLWF1dG9ub21vdXMtdHJ1Y2tpbmctY29udGludWVzLTIwMTktOA/5d233c18f730436f2414784fBbd01b073" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbnRlbGxpZ2VuY2UuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS9wb3N0L3Bvc3RtYXRlcy1hbWF6b24tcGlsb3QtYXV0b25vbW91cy1kZWxpdmVyeS1seWZ0LWdyb3dzLXJldmVudWVzLXJhY2UtZm9yLWF1dG9ub21vdXMtdHJ1Y2tpbmctY29udGludWVzLTIwMTktOA/5d233c18f730436f2414784fBbd01b073&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcLPirBDgynnCpi-qfUmZijsJWXA">announced</a> that it will commence commercial deliveries using autonomous trucks. Like TuSimple, the trucks will not operate fully autonomously, and thus require human safety drivers. Kodiak Robotics - considered a major player in the autonomous trucking space, coming off a $40 million Series A <a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNoY3J1bmNoLmNvbS8yMDE4LzA4LzA3L3NlbGYtZHJpdmluZy10cnVjay1zdGFydHVwLWtvZGlhay1yb2JvdGljcy1yYWlzZXMtNDAtbWlsbGlvbi8/5d233c18f730436f2414784fBccd01ed4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNoY3J1bmNoLmNvbS8yMDE4LzA4LzA3L3NlbGYtZHJpdmluZy10cnVjay1zdGFydHVwLWtvZGlhay1yb2JvdGljcy1yYWlzZXMtNDAtbWlsbGlvbi8/5d233c18f730436f2414784fBccd01ed4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCu0NrI1t4MnffXR9YBVf0Rv6a1Q">round</a> of financing - has released few details on the nature of the routes, but will likely utilize its existing fleet of eight trucks.</li></ul>The bigger picture: Autonomous trucking technology will not impact trucking labor dynamics in the near term, as labor costs associated with autonomous tech far exceed those of traditional trucking.Autonomous trucking, as of now, has been implemented for the sake of technological development rather than cost savings. The TuSimple autonomous routes, for instance, will be much more expensive than traditional trucking routes due to the cost of having an onboard engineer and safety driver.Meanwhile, due to the intense competition in the industry, truck driving <a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wOC8xMS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90aGUtdHJvdWJsZS13aXRoLXRydWNraW5nLmh0bWw/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB1613db71" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wOC8xMS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90aGUtdHJvdWJsZS13aXRoLXRydWNraW5nLmh0bWw/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB1613db71&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAA8w4WhOiQAkxMxlyEM-Rkm1TRA">wages</a> have actually fallen relative to inflation, and now hover at $44,500. However, once autonomous technology and regulation allow for unattended routes, labor costs should fall as firms turn to the self-driving vehicles to meet their logistics needs. The global autonomous truck market will grow by more than 50% between 2020 and 2025 to hit nearly $1.7 billion, per Allied Market Research <a href="https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWxsaWVkbWFya2V0cmVzZWFyY2guY29tL3NlbGYtZHJpdmluZy10cnVjay1tYXJrZXQ/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB02650825" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://e.businessinsider.com/click/17787850.3/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWxsaWVkbWFya2V0cmVzZWFyY2guY29tL3NlbGYtZHJpdmluZy10cnVjay1tYXJrZXQ/5d233c18f730436f2414784fB02650825&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566040140102000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEl1meApnIwUmzCaK7eE_5MzT5jIw">estimates</a>.Interested in getting the full story? 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