Autonomous vehicles and RVing in the future

I constantly see hot rods, new fancy cars, cars that go faster, lots of bling, speed and style. Zippy cars, antique ones, supercars, RV,s jeeps, pretty much anything with wheels is fun. What does all this mean? People love cars. They love driving them and working on them. From a utilitarian standpoint I see there may be a need or even a want for autonomous vehicles, but never anywhere near the percentage to sway the general population. People have a love affair with cars, and so I never see them prying them from the hands of those with a passion for decades to come. I also think there is a lot of inhibition allowing autonomous anything. While pictures of the future always included this in the landscape, I think reality is different. People like to have control and do things on their own. I know I do. They said a decade ago that a large percentage of vehicles will be battery or solar. And here we are, the percentage is so marginal and I don't see this this expanding any time soon. It's such a small percentage of the market share it's hardly inclusive into the whole picture. Sure they get a lot of media attention, but it's a really, really small population. People still want power, under the hood and the power to manually control it. I think autonomous vehicles are coming. But I think it will be a small market, just like battery powered cars. in order to change the market, people have to want it, and I think engineers and media want it a lot more than the actual consumers.

On that note, I have been seeing more vehicles that park your car for you. Frankly, if you can't parallel park, you shouldn't be driving. It's less about the parking and more about knowing how to control your vehicle and maneuver it. This sort of technology is an enabler to people who shouldn't be driving in the first place. I know that sounds like a crass comment but it's true. When I took my driver's test decades ago, this was part of the test.