<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/585db212f10a9a6c008b53c6-2400/ap16303003039376.jpg" alt="driverless truck" data-mce-source="Tony Avela/AP Photo" data-mce-caption="Uber's self-driving startup Otto developed technology allowing big rigs to drive themselves." data-link="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Driverless-Cars-A-Threat-to-Jobs/62c58f30420644d3b69d9756e97bcb02/1/0" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Driverless-Cars-A-Threat-to-Jobs/62c58f30420644d3b69d9756e97bcb02/1/0">Tony Avela/AP Photo</a></span></p><p class="caption">Self-driving trucks are already here.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Self-driving trucks will take over nearly 100% of trucking jobs, according to <span><a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/digital-disruption/harnessing-automation-for-a-future-that-works">a new McKinsey report</a>. T</span>he only question is when.</p><p>In the US, it could be as soon as 2032 or as late as 2066. In China, where human truckers are relatively cheap, it could be a few years later.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58791589f10a9a09778b64eb-681" alt="mckinsey trucking" data-mce-source="http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/digital-disruption/harnessing-automation-for-a-future-that-works" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/digital-disruption/harnessing-automation-for-a-future-that-works">www.mckinsey.com</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>There are currently more than 20 million heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers worldwide, with 1.6 million in the US.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/south-korean-tech-watching-people-eat-online-mukbang-2016-12">This teen makes up to $1,500 a night eating dinner in front of a webcam in South Korea</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="MwMDZkdzr7V54pSPAwMT1JU7p7MqmuY1" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'MwMDZkdzr7V54pSPAwMT1JU7p7MqmuY1',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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This chart shows when robots might take over all trucking jobs

Tony Avela/AP PhotoSelf-driving trucks are already here.Self-driving trucks will take over nearly 100% of trucking jobs, according to a new McKinsey report. The only question is when.In the US, it could be as soon as 2032 or as late as 2066. In China, where human truckers are relatively cheap, it could be a few years later.www.mckinsey.comThere are currently more than 20 million heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers worldwide, with 1.6 million in the US. NOW WATCH: This teen makes up to $1,500 a night eating dinner in front of a webcam in South Korea if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'MwMDZkdzr7V54pSPAwMT1JU7p7MqmuY1',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); Please enable Javascript to watch this video (function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }());

Tony Avela/AP PhotoSelf-driving trucks are already here. Self-driving trucks will take over nearly 100% of trucking jobs, according to a new McKinsey report.

This chart shows when robots might take over all trucking jobs

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