Autonomy : the quest to build the driverless car and how it will reshape our world
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Shulgan, Christopher, author.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
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356 pages ; color illustrations; 24 cm.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
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Book
Language
English
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An automotive and tech world insider investigates the quest to develop and perfect the driverless car-an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphoneWe stand on the brink of a technological revolution. Soon, few of us will own our own automobiles and instead will get around in driverless electric vehicles that we summon with the touch of an app. We will be liberated from driving, prevent over 90% of car crashes, provide freedom of mobility to the elderly and disabled, and decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Autonomy is the story of the maverick engineers and computer nerds who are creating the revolution. Longtime advisor to the Google Self-Driving Car team and former GM research and development chief Lawrence D. Burns provides the perfectly-timed history of how we arrived at this point, in a character-driven and heavily reported account of the unlikely thinkers who accomplished what billion-dollar automakers never dared.Beginning with the way 9/11 spurred the U.S. government to set a million-dollar prize for a series of off-road robot races in the Mojave Desert up to the early 2016 stampede to develop driverless technology, Autonomy is a page-turner that represents a chronicle of the past, diagnosis of the present, and prediction of the future-the ultimate guide to understanding the driverless car and navigating the revolution it sparks.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Burns, L. D., & Shulgan, C. (2018). Autonomy: the quest to build the driverless car and how it will reshape our world . Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burns, Lawrence D and Christopher, Shulgan. 2018. Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car and How It Will Reshape Our World. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burns, Lawrence D and Christopher, Shulgan. Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car and How It Will Reshape Our World Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burns, Lawrence D,, and Christopher Shulgan. Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car and How It Will Reshape Our World Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
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