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Driven : the race to create the autonomous car / Alex Davies.
"The origin story of the revolutionary driverless car, from concept to its present status, told through the stories of the key innovators by the Wired reporter who has covered this story for the past five years"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501199431 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Automated vehicles > History. Automobile industry and trade > Technological innovations > United States. Competition. |
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- Baker & Taylor
An editor at WIRED, profiling the industryâs key players â Google, Uber and other companies â tells the dramatic, colorful story of the quest to transform transportation and change our lives by developing driverless cars. 60,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"The origin story of the revolutionary driverless car, from concept to its present status, told through the stories of the key innovators by the Wired reporter who has covered this story for the past five years"-- - Simon and Schuster
Alex Davies tells the dramatic, colorful story of the quest to develop driverless cars'and the fierce competition between Google, Uber, and other companies in a race to revolutionize our lives.
The self-driving car has been one of the most vaunted technological breakthroughs of recent years. But early promises that these autonomous vehicles would soon be on the roads have proven premature. Alex Davies follows the twists and turns of this story from its origins to today.
The story starts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which was charged with developing a land-based equivalent to the drone, a vehicle that could operate in war zones without risking human lives. DARPA issued a series of three 'Grand Challenges' that attracted visionaries, many of them students and amateurs, who took the technology from Jetsons-style fantasy to near-reality. The young stars of the Challenges soon connected with Silicon Valley giants Google and Uber, intent on delivering a new way of driving to the civilian world.
Soon the automakers joined the quest, some on their own, others in partnership with the tech titans. But as road testing progressed, it became clear that the challenges of driving a car without human assistance were more formidable than anticipated.
Davies profiles the industry's key players from the early enthusiasm of the DARPA days to their growing awareness that while this spin on artificial intelligence isn't yet ready for rush-hour traffic, driverless cars are poised to remake how the world moves. Driven explores this exciting quest to transform transportation and change our lives. - Simon and Schuster
Alex Davies tells the âilluminating and important narrativeâ (Steven Levy, author of Facebook: The Inside Story) of the quest to develop driverless carsâand the fierce competition between Google, Uber, and other companies in a race to revolutionize our lives.
The self-driving car has been one of the most vaunted technological breakthroughs of recent years. But early promises that these autonomous vehicles would soon be on the roads have proven premature. Alex Davies follows the twists and turns of the story from its origins to today.
The story starts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which was charged with developing a land-based equivalent to the drone, a vehicle that could operate in war zones without risking human lives. DARPA issued a series of three âGrand Challengesâ that attracted visionaries, many of them students and amateurs, who took the technology from Jetsons-style fantasy to near-reality. The young stars of the Challenges soon connected with Silicon Valley giants Google and Uber, intent on delivering a new way of driving to the civilian world.
Soon the automakers joined the quest, some on their own, others in partnership with the tech titans. But as road testing progressed, it became clear that the challenges of driving a car without human assistance were more formidable than anticipated.
Davies profiles the industryâs key players from the early enthusiasm of the DARPA days to their growing awareness that while this spin on artificial intelligence isnât yet ready for rush-hour traffic, driverless cars are poised to remake how the world moves. Driven explores âthe epic tale of competition and comradery, long odds and underdogs, all in service of a world-changing moonshotâ (Andy Greenberg, author of Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar).
