Investments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Investments without Readily Determinable Fair Values

Our strategic equity investments without readily determinable fair values include MLSI, a transportation management systems company, and Fleet Defender, Inc., a platform cybersecurity company for fleet owners. MLSI is developing a cloud-based transportation management system using MLSI's SaaS technology which we have agreed to license. These investments are being accounted for under ASC 321 using the measurement alternative and are recorded in other noncurrent assets on the consolidated condensed balance sheets. We record changes in the values of these investments based on events that occur that would indicate the values have changed, in loss (gain) on investments in equity securities on the consolidated statements of income. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the value of our investment in MLSI was $86.8 million and the value of our investment in Fleet Defender, Inc. was $250 thousand.

The following table summarizes the activity related to our equity investments without readily determinable fair values during the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Investment in equity securities	$	—	$	20,250	$	—	$	20,250
Upward adjustments (1)	—		28,638		—		28,638

(1) During 2022, investments by third-parties resulted in the remeasurements of our investment in MLSI. Our updated investment values were based upon the prices paid by third parties.

As of June 30, 2023, cumulative upward adjustments on our equity securities without readily determinable fair values totaled $56.8 million.

Equity Investments with Readily Determinable Fair Values

We own strategic minority equity investments in autonomous technology companies, which are being accounted for under ASC 321 and are recorded in other noncurrent assets on the consolidated condensed balance sheets. We record changes in the value of these investments, based on the share prices reported by Nasdaq, in loss (gain) on investments in equity securities on the consolidated statements of income. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the value of these investments was $0.7 million. We recognized an unrealized gain of $0.1 million and an unrealized loss of $2 thousand on these investments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and an unrealized loss of $4.5 million and $14.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. For additional information regarding the fair value of these equity investments, see Note 6 – Fair Value.

Equity Method Investment

In January 2023, we committed to make a $20.0 million investment in Autotech Fund III (the “Fund”) pursuant to a limited partnership agreement. The Fund is managed by Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on ground transportation technology. Our interest, which represents an ownership percentage of less than 20%, is being accounted for under ASC 323, “Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures.” As a limited partner, we will make periodic capital contributions toward this total commitment amount. We contributed $2.6 million to the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2023. As of June 30, 2023, the value of our investment in the Fund was $1.8 million and is recorded in other noncurrent assets on the consolidated condensed balance sheets. The carrying amount of the Fund as of June 30, 2023 approximates its fair value as of March 31, 2023, as this is the most recent information available to us at this time. We recognized a loss $0.8 million from the Fund for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, and is reported in loss from equity method investment on the consolidated statements of income.