"It may not be the vehicle that brought to you where you are and James Cascio , a futurist and senior fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies told Business Week that he believes that transportation networks like Uber combined with self - driving cars will kill off the need for people to own a car in the next 25 to 30 years . He explains the transition will come as a huge paradigm shift in the next few decades , instead claiming that the cars will simply be for hobbyists and not transportation purposes . In 15 years the self - driving car market is expected to reach $ 87 billion according to Lux Research .
James Cascio , a futurist and senior fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies told Business Week that he believes that transportation networks like Uber combined with self - driving cars will kill off the need for people to own a car in the next 25 to 30 years . He explains the transition will come as a huge paradigm shift in the next few decades , instead claiming that the cars will simply be for hobbyists and not transportation purposes . In 15 years the self - driving car market is expected to reach $ 87 billion according to Lux Research .