Wolmar's argument is horribly uncompelling and betrays a bizzare technophobia. He talks about the hardware as if they're dark magic tools and his argument for the death of the cars is that reality hasn't lived up to press releases. This is an argument made with no understanding of the technological underpinnings of driverless cars, and while I agree that driverless cars are farther away than the press would have you believe, the author needs to dig in further to get a real understanding of what he's discussing.