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The day autonomous vehicles 

are approved, the per-mile cost of autonomous electric vehicles will be one-tenth that of a new car, because electric vehicles last 500,000 miles and are being designed to last at least 1 million miles. The cost of operating autonomous electric vehicles will be as little as one-quarter that of even a paid-off gasoline car.Alsaadi: It is noteworthy that autonomous electric vehicles are required for electric vehicles to dominate. This speaks to the fact that the current generation of electric vehicles can’t compete with internal-combustion vehicles unless they are integrated with a new business model. The technology to offer such a transportation model remains experimental; the financial viability of such a business model, assuming the technology matures, has yet to be proved; and the cultural acceptance of such a transportation model remains questionable.