There is a dynamic to the whole EV and autonomous driving which I have been wondering about for a while.
Today a lot of people drive to the train station, pay to park and then take a train to work. A lot of others, having paid out the cost of the vehicle, balk at the cost of both parking and the train and just drive.
With an autonomous vehicle the possibility will be there to drive to the train station and send the car home. Where, with the correct equipment, it could "dock" and suck solar power during the day.
At night the car can come and pick you up, ordered from your smartphone. Fully charged.
It is an interesting concept and would allow a greater take up of public transport without having to massively increase the parking spaces available. Something which is an issue all over the EU, if not in the US. Southern England is massively populated and space is a real premium.
Of course in the UK that would mean they'd actually have to put more trains on when the only option is to wait for the next train because you can't actually squeeze yourself on the carriage....
I like to look forward to opportunities with new tech, rather than walk backwards looking at where we have been.
There will, one day, be some very interesting opportunities with EV tech. Something the traditional car companies would have spent 100 years getting around to giving us.