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Driverless Cars - A Road to Nowhere?
30th December 2017
The transport economist Christian Wolmar has a new book out from the London Publishing Partnership exploring the hype and the reality of the rise of autonomous vehicles.
Wolmar is arguably the UK’s leading railway expert and transport historian and therefore eminently well-placed to understand the speed at which driverless cars might become mainstream. Diane Coyle has described Wolmar as "trenchantly sceptical about the techno-hype."
My book on why driverless cars are a fantasy dreamt up by the tech and auto companies is now available to pre-order. Essential reading for anyone interested in this subject,even if I say so! https://t.co/7gU0P86Ag9
— Christian Wolmar (@christianwolmar) December 17, 2017
My interview in the @spectator with Rory Sutherland on why driverless cars are not the future https://t.co/dItnju0eRR
— Christian Wolmar (@christianwolmar) December 14, 2017
Interesting: Volvo knocks back its driverless car programme by four years, saying technology not ready. I suspect this will be first in a long series of 'delays' announced by auto industry. Tks to @Citizeneastend for highlighting this https://t.co/A1VNoGsSek
— Christian Wolmar (@christianwolmar) December 17, 2017
Aha, the latest ‘Perspective’ hot off the presses - by @christianwolmar https://t.co/NvciJxkvmZ pic.twitter.com/uMH10GlZc4
— Diane Coyle (@DianeCoyle1859) December 21, 2017
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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