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內容簡介 徹底改變世界運作的概念車種誕生－無人駕駛車，開啟汽車新時代走入更有效率及環保的神奇操控之境人類目前已站在科技革新的邊緣，很快地，所有人將擁有自己的自動駕駛車款，透過觸控程式啟動車子，並搭乘著無人駕駛的電動汽車代步。自此人類將從駕駛模式中被解放，減少90%的行車意外，為老年人及殘疾人士提供更多的行動自由，並減少目前人類最依賴的化石燃料能源。本書將由一位特立獨行的工程師和電腦專家開啟人類史上最偉大的創意革命。身兼Google無人車團隊顧問及通用汽車研發與計劃部門副總裁伯恩斯分享人類是如何長期耕耘並達到這個全新的世代，完成了數十億汽車製造商從未敢於實現的遠大夢想。美國政府基於911恐攻事件，在莫哈韋沙漠舉辦獎金超過百萬美元的越野機器人比賽，因而開創了無人駕駛的科技。無人駕駛技術的出現，將是人類時代的重大變遷，同時也代表傳統汽車的終結和對未來的大膽預測。這絕對是一本完整理解無人駕駛汽車和駕馭其引發革命的終極指南。 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.
