{"product_id":"the-gods-must-be-crazy-dragon-vs-eagle-the-trillion-dollar-autonomous-demolition-derby-9781964213156","title":"The Gods Must Be Crazy! DRAGON vs. EAGLE: The Trillion-Dollar Autonomous Demolition Derby","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Saji Madapat | Michael McGrath | Tiger Rider\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Epm Mavericks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Epm Mavericks\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Globalization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo civilizations are building the same technology through entirely different logics. One is gilded and theatrical. The other is turbid and relentless. Most investors are watching only one river.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDragon vs. Eagle is a contrarian strategic forecast that exposes how China's autonomous vehicle manufacturing machine-led by BYD, XPeng, Huawei, and a new generation of pure-play operators like WeRide and Pony.ai-is quietly overtaking the American robotaxi narrative built around Waymo, Tesla, and a $1.5 trillion valuation illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the proprietary Māyā Meter, this autonomous vehicle investment guide reveals the staggering per-vehicle valuation gap: Waymo at $50 million per vehicle versus WeRide at $3 million. The Dinosaur Meter scores the fragility of legacy automakers-Ford (83.4), Volkswagen (79.1), Toyota (70.6)-against a refinancing wall that the capital markets have not yet priced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the analysis is the 'Industrialiser' archetype: how China's state-directed electric vehicle supply chain has driven hardware costs from $150,000 to $150, producing a massive 'Data Monsoon' from BYD's God's Eye ADAS system-now generating 150 million kilometers of driving data per day across 21+ million vehicles. This is not a car story. It is the birth of the first mass-produced embodied intelligence platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book maps the Interdependency Web connecting five nodes-autonomous mobility, logistics, robotics, distributed energy, and financial data rails-and provides a complete investment framework: the Quarter-Kelly position-sizing model, the Six Temples taxonomy, and Three Monsoons scenario planning for 2030-2035.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor investors navigating the US-China technology war, tariff policy, semiconductor export controls, and the LiDAR cost curve revolution, Dragon vs. Eagle delivers what no other book does: the boatman's manual for reading both rivers at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of The Gods Must Be Crazy II: A Rooseveltian Renaissance for Trump 2.0, with three decades of Fortune 10 strategic consulting across 40+ countries, Six Sigma Master Black Belt and TOGAF9 credentials, and field expertise spanning the geopolitical risk landscape from BIG4 boardrooms to the ancient ritual traditions of Kerala.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epm Mavericks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775149949079,"sku":"9781964213156","price":1246.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781964213156.webp?v=1777988729","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-gods-must-be-crazy-dragon-vs-eagle-the-trillion-dollar-autonomous-demolition-derby-9781964213156","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}