A software-controlled car is soooo vulnerable.
To everything.
Electric car? Yup, probably will get one...but not right now.
But keep the programming wienies outta it. If I want electronic control, I’ll take logic gates - not an OS mucking things up by remote control.
I read a book, from the Teenage Book Club, Circa 1960’s, called The Wasp. The guy was an espionage agent on a distant planet. When the situation turned to chaos from his actions, the government shut down all private vehicles from a central command.