02219nam a2200313 i 4500 OSt 20211123135226.0 210418t20192019it ao e b 000 0 eng d 9788854415317 RM142.22 hardback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 629.222 629.222 EDS R Edsall, Larry, author. CONCEPT CARS : New Technologies for the 21st Century / Text by LARRY EDSALL ; Editing : Jerry Garrett Milan, Italy : White Star Publishers, 2019. ©2019 223 pages : colour illustrations, colour photographs ; 31 cm text rdacontent still image rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "Are we there yet?" A question very familiar to parents traveling with children in the car. But it also is a question anxiously being asked by drivers and their passengers during what we keep hearing is this transitional time of personalised, automotive transportation. Once we get there, we're told, our cars will be driving themselves. All we'll need to do is to tell the vehicle where we desire to be and then ride along as we are whisked along in a vehicle that emits no pollution, nor will it crash because it will be in constant communication with all the vehicles around it. We aren't there yet, but those who produce our vehicles assure us that we are getting closer. One of the ways they make such assurances is to give us glimpses of that future in the form of concept or "dream" cars, 3-dimensional previews of where they see "there" to be. Such blending of design and engineering has accelerated in the 21st Century as auto-makers seek to inspire customers with styling that can range from purely practical, small but roomy vehicles, to those that are sleek and sexy, but all of them showcasing technology designed to make driving safer, cleaner, and even more fun. Experimental automobiles Experimental automobiles Pictorial works Automobiles Technological innovations Pictorial works Garrett, Jerry, editor. ddc B 183498 183498 0 1 PPAK R 2021-04-27 R 629.222 EDS A01690855 2021-04-27 00:00:00 B 0 1 SP R 2021-04-27 R 629.222 EDS A01690856 2021-04-27 00:00:00 B 0 1 BL R 2021-04-27 R 629.222 EDS A01690857 2021-04-27 00:00:00 B