1/ The future of #trucking is the hybrid carrier, a new model that leverages technology to overcome long standing industry fragmentation and finally provide shippers with the benefits of economies of scale. #SupplyChain #Logistics 🧵

linkedin.com/pulse/driving-… 2/ When I started Convoy 8 yrs ago, I wondered why trucking was still so fragmented. Why hadn’t economies of scale caused the market to consolidate around leading providers (like parcel, LTL, air freight, ocean, ridesharing) who could offer better service & lower prices?

Self-driving trucks are coming. Here's how we can realize the benefits of this as quickly as possible. This applies primarily to full truckload (FTL) freight, but is relevant for other point-to-point deliveries. (1/n) The fastest, most practical way for self-driving to work in trucking is for a driver to stay in the truck the whole job, handing highway driving responsibilities to the truck when its time to go off-duty to reset their hours, just like team-driver pairs do today.