As a “Driver” I don’t entirely look forward to a fully autonomous fleet, but I am not really expecting that to be in place for a couple of decades, the occasional spectacular crash of a Tesla running in mostly autonomous mode says that it is a way off yet.
But I personally do look forward to an EV being practicable for me with my longer than average commute, the issue funny enough would be getting it past my work (ironically a power distribution company) as I have a novated lease car which the company is paying me an allowance to use for work and they would reckon than an EV would not be suitable for the work role. Time will tell and the fact that Michaelia Cash was so stupefyingly wrong with her “Tradies, we won’t let them take your utes” bit before the election is on my side, give it five or so years and there probably will be an EV Ute that can practically replace the TDI one I have now. That sounds like one more lease car between me and an EV replacement.
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