TOBY SHAPSHAK: Will autonomous cars kill the skill of driving?
What skills will our children need to get ahead as the world of self-drive vehicles rushes toward us?
It is time to ask: will my son, now eight months old, ever learn to drive a car? Or touch-type? He is now learning to crawl, having mastered sitting. This is just the beginning of his discovering how to get around in the world. But in about 15 years’ time, when he needs to start driving himself, will that kind of skill even be necessary? The world is changing at a phenomenal rate, with exponential shifts in new technology and the promises they hold. What was seemingly set in stone five or 10 years ago has dramatically changed, and not least of these is driving one’s own car. "It is estimated that autonomous vehicles will account for 40% of the personal mileage driven in Europe in 2030," says a PwC report, called "Five Trends Transforming the Automotive Industry". It adds that 55% of all new car sales in Europe may be fully electrified by 2030. "The car of the future is electrified, autonomous, shared, connected and yearly updated = ‘eascy’."I’m considering an electric vehicle as my ...
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