Driverless Cars

On a Road to Nowhere?

Christian Wolmar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

156 Seiten

2020 | Revised edition
London Publishing Partnership (Verlag)
978-1-913019-21-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Driverless cars are the future – just around the corner. That is what the tech giants, the auto industry and even the government want us to think. But closer inspection reveals that we are much further from that driverless utopia than we are led to believe by newspaper headlines and by the hype from firms with vested interests. In a post-Covid-19 economic environment motor manufacturers now face bigger problems. Christian Wolmar argues that autonomous cars are the wrong solution to the wrong problem. Even if the many technical difficulties that stand in the way of achieving a driverless future can be surmounted, autonomous cars are not the best way to address the problems of congestion and pollution caused by our long obsession with the private car. This entertaining polemic sets out the many technical, legal and moral problems that obstruct the path to a driverless future, and debunks many of the myths around that future's purported benefits.

Autor

Christian Wolmar is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading commentators on transport. He is the author of more than a dozen books on transport issues and regularly appears on TV and radio. He has written for The New Statesman, The Times, The Guardian and The Oldie among many other publications. In 2011 he was the captain of the Warwick team of graduates in Christmas University Challenge, reaching the final of the competition.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.05.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Perspectives
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 200 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• ISBN-10: 1-913019-21-7 / 1913019217
• ISBN-13: 978-1-913019-21-1 / 9781913019211
• Zustand: Neuware