Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving

by Peter Norton, Peter D. Norton, Peter Norton

Book Overview

"The foundation has been laid for fully autonomous," Elon Musk announced in 2016, when he assured the world that Tesla would have a driverless fleet on the road in 2017. "It's twice as safe as a human, maybe better." Promises of techno-futuristic driving utopias have been ubiquitous wherever tech companies and carmakers meet.

In Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, technology historian Peter Norton argues that driverless...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642832405
• ISBN13: 9781642832402
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 8.6"