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Cars are one of the most significant human creations. They changed our cities. They changed our lives. They changed everything. But in the next thirty years, this technology will itself change enormously. If Google get their way, are we all going to be ferried around in tiny electric bubble-cars? Or will we watch robots race a bionic Lewis Hamilton? And what about the future of classic cars?
In Autopia, presenter of The Gadget Show and former executive producer of Top Gear Jon Bentley celebrates motoring’s rich heritage and meets the engineers (and coders) who are transforming cars forever. From mobile hotel rooms to electric battery technology; from hydrogen-powered cars to jetpacks, Autopia is the essential guide to the future of our greatest invention. Fully designed with illustrations and photographs, this will be the perfect Christmas gift for car and technology enthusiasts everywhere.
From the Publisher
Jon Bentley
Jon Bentley is a presenter on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show. He was the producer and executive producer of Top Gear for many years and has a bend named after him on the programme’s test track. He is a committed car enthusiast and has written for multiple car publications.
Autopia: The Future of Cars
The perfect gift for motoring and technology enthusiasts
This is the first book to look to the future of automobile technology, written by an industry expert and offering an exhilarating insight into where cars have come from and where they’re going.
Introduction: Why the Car Matters 1. Connected and Autonomous: the Rise of the Robot Cars 2. Sparking Innovation: Alternative Power and the Future of the Internal Combustion Engine 3. Designing the Future: How the Shape of Cars will Change 4. Speeding Ahead: the Future of Performance Cars and Motorsport 5. Hackers and Crash-Test Dummies: Safety and the Age of Automation 6. The Future of the Past: Classic Cars and Enthusiast Drivers Conclusion: Is the Car Dead?
Flying cars
The perpetual dream of the flying car gets an image boost in the shape of the Terrafugia TF-X. Hybrid power, autonomous flight and vertical take-off and landing are all promised within a decade.
AR windscreens
Brainpower on your windscreen. Technology company WayRay develops holographic augmented-reality to help you to find the best racing line… and somewhere to park.
A lounge on wheels
Renault’s Symbioz Concept is car as home extension: an autonomous lounge on wheels with matching furniture. Renault regards traditional clay modelling as a vital part of its design process.
Google’s self-driving car
Instead of retrofitting kit to an existing production car Google designed their own third generation self-driver in 2014. The egg-like shape and Smart car size aimed to make the technology friendly.
Flying cars
AR windscreens
A lounge on wheels
Google’s self-driving car
Publisher : Atlantic Books; Main edition (1 Oct. 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1786496356
ISBN-13 : 978-1786496355
Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
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