Alex Davies

Writer

Expertise

Technology

Education

Macalester College

Introduction

  • Author of Driven, an upcoming book about the self-driving car industry 

  • Launched WIRED's transportation section in 2016 

Experience

Davies wrote about urbanism, architecture, design, and technology for Treehugger from 2009-2012. He was a writer and editor for WIRED for six years. At WIRED, he launched the transportation section and led editorial coverage of everything from autonomous vehicles to infrastructure funding. Davies is also the author of the upcoming book Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car, which will be published by Simon & Schuster in January 2021. 

Education

Davies received a bachelor’s degree in history and French from Macalester College. 

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