How Long to Read Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless

How Long Does it Take to Read Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless by Dan Albert

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Tech giants and automakers have been teaching robots to drive. Robot-controlled cars have already logged millions of miles. These technological marvels promise cleaner air, smoother traffic, and tens of thousands of lives saved. But even if robots turn into responsible drivers, are we ready to be a nation of passengers? In Are We There Yet?, Dan Albert combines historical scholarship with personal narrative to explore how car culture has suffused America’s DNA. The plain, old-fashioned, human-driven car built our economy, won our wars, and shaped our democratic creed as it moved us about. Driver’s ed made teenagers into citizens; auto repair made boys into men. Crusades against the automobile are nothing new. Its arrival sparked battles over street space, pitting the masses against the millionaires who terrorized pedestrians. When the masses got cars of their own, they learned to love driving too. During World War II, Washington nationalized Detroit and postwar Americans embraced car and country as if they were one. Then came 1960s environmentalism and the energy crises of the 1970s. Many predicted, even welcomed, the death of the automobile. But many more rose to its defense. They embraced trucker culture and took to Citizen Band radios, demanding enough gas to keep their big boats afloat. Since the 1980s, the car culture has triumphed and we now drive more miles than ever before. Have we reached the end of the road this time? Fewer young people are learning to drive. Ride hailing is replacing car buying, and with electrification a long and noble tradition of amateur car repair—to say nothing of the visceral sound of gasoline exploding inside a big V8—will come to an end. When a robot takes over the driver’s seat, what’s to become of us? Are We There Yet? carries us from muddy tracks to superhighways, from horseless buggies to driverless electric vehicles. Like any good road trip, it’s an adventure so fun you don’t even notice how much you’ve learned along the way.

How long is Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless?

Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless by Dan Albert is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless aloud.

What Reading Level is Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless?

Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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