I don't know why the other reply to this post got downvoted to hell.
THe person has a point.
Fully autonomous cars are cool... don't get me wrong.
But electric cars and autonomous electric/gas cars are probably not the right solution to our person transport needs.
using energy to move a 4000 lb vehicle to transport one or two 200 lb humans is not energy-efficient... most of the energy is spent just moving the vehicle.
A 60lb e-bike can also transport a 200 lb person whilst using far less resources (both to make the vehicle and to operate it) and space.
Public transport also has better resource metrics than person car-based transport.
Fully autonomous cars are cool... don't get me wrong. But electric cars and autonomous electric/gas cars are probably not the right solution to our person transport needs. using energy to move a 4000 lb vehicle to transport one or two 200 lb humans is not energy-efficient... most of the energy is spent just moving the vehicle.
A 60lb e-bike can also transport a 200 lb person whilst using far less resources (both to make the vehicle and to operate it) and space.
Public transport also has better resource metrics than person car-based transport.
But here we are...