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Personally I'd like to see NiMH make a comeback in the pure EV market. Not sure how long the oil company (was it Shell??) will have the control on it. But the stuff works at practically any temperature without special thermal management, doesn't need to be balanced and isn't flammable. Sure, it's not as energy dense as lithium ion. But it doesn't have to be for some EV applications.
But the point was that if you want a completely non-flammable, non-combustible car sometime in the future, electric seems like it has the real potential of getting there.
But yes. Reduce or eliminate accidents would be top priority in my opinion. One of the reasons car manufacturer's keep making bigger, bulkier and heavier vehicles is for safety. If autonomous controlled driving could eliminate accidents then you could make cars as lightweight as possible without worrying about crumple zones and such.
I just don't know how autonomous driving would work here where I live when there's 6 inches of snow on the road, deer, elk and moose jumping out onto the road and even rock slides.
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