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and said charging outlet is automated w/o human interaction?

wireless charging?

I think if most cars are EVs and autonomous that this is pretty easily solvable even with cables.  Perhaps parking decks are converted to charging stations, they won't be needed in this version of the future (or not many of them).  Neither would we need subways and freeways necessarily, though they'd persist.

I think this world would significantly change the lives of many of us.

I've ridden in a Cadillac CT6 with Supercruise technology and was fascinated by it.  In some ways it is superior to the Tesla version.

There will certainly be uses for human operated vehicles, no doubt.

With cars, it might be like those holdovers today who drive manual transmissions.

Yes, and for some, that will remain the case.  A lot of urban dwellers today have no car now, and others like us have one.  I think the younger folks are a lot less emotional about having a car, or a cool car, it's a tool for them.  Housewives, same thing.  I like to drive, I like to have a clutch, but I admit driving in the city is not much fun, and it's expensive.

So, my scenario in 15 years is that most cars will be autonomous, >50%, and those that are not may be driven "on weekends".

Joe Smith wakes up and makes  coffee and reads the paper quickly and goes outside just as his ordered car arrives, hops in, reads the paper, and exist at his office (presuming he goes to the office).  After work, he reverses the process, perhaps stopping off for milk on the way home.  A chain of autonomous cars flies by on the left 2 lanes of the freeway, or left four lanes, designated for such, bumper to bumper literally, at 80 mph (if we need capacity now).

His wife gets up and gets the kids ready for school.  An autobus arrives and they pile on.  She needs groceries and orders up a car to do that and stops to get her hair and nails done on the way.  On the way home, she visits her 19 year old paramour who is from Italy.  They go at it in the back seat while the autocar drives aimlessly.

Guilty as charged. I hate automatics.

I don't hate them.  Today most are quite good, but I prefer to row my own.

There are more EVs sold today than cars with manual transmissions.

Yes, and for some, that will remain the case.  A lot of urban dwellers today have no car now, and others like us have one.  I think the younger folks are a lot less emotional about having a car, or a cool car, it's a tool for them.  Housewives, same thing.  I like to drive, I like to have a clutch, but I admit driving in the city is not much fun, and it's expensive.

So, my scenario in 15 years is that most cars will be autonomous, >50%, and those that are not may be driven "on weekends".

Joe Smith wakes up and makes  coffee and reads the paper quickly and goes outside just as his ordered car arrives, hops in, reads the paper, and exist at his office (presuming he goes to the office).  After work, he reverses the process, perhaps stopping off for milk on the way home.  A chain of autonomous cars flies by on the left 2 lanes of the freeway, or left four lanes, designated for such, bumper to bumper literally, at 80 mph (if we need capacity now).

His wife gets up and gets the kids ready for school.  An autobus arrives and they pile on.  She needs groceries and orders up a car to do that and stops to get her hair and nails done on the way.  On the way home, she visits her 19 year old paramour who is from Italy.  They go at it in the back seat while the autocar drives aimlessly.

These urban dwellers are mostly in the north east area

Here in Texas you gotta have a car

I really dont think the desire to drive a car will be replaced the ability to order a ride when needed

These urban dwellers are mostly in the north east area

Here in Texas you gotta have a car

I really dont think the desire to drive a car will be replaced the ability to order a ride when needed

I'm not sure how big the "car-sharing" market will be relative to the self-owned market. I know that's one of the predicted business models, but there are some headwinds. For example, big families. They may want to own a certain car of a certain size if your typical "rideshare" isn't a 7-passenger model. What if they have a dog and want to go to the dog park? Do they have to call for a car that allows a dog? What if they have young kids and need carseats. Do they install a carseat into their self-driving car and remove it where they go, EVERY time they go somewhere? And then those kids spill their Cheerios all over the inside of the car and do they get charged and additional cleaning fee? 

That said, if I had the choice between my Ford Flex and a fully level 5 autonomous Ford Flex, I'd take the autonomous version any day of the week. I may choose to own rather than rideshare, but this is a different consideration than whether I would choose to manually drive the car I own. 

The idea is that even in suburbia, ride sharing would replace most privately owned vehicles.