Electric vehicles are on the way, but it's more than a matter of plug and play

Then, all of a sudden, they’re everywhere.”Electric vehicles (EVs) can now be purchased for less than $45,000. Professor Hai Vu, who researches autonomous (self-driving) electric vehicles, agrees. That’s why driverless vehicles or trains are presently found in controlled environments; the Changi Airport Skytrain in Singapore is one example. If all vehicles were driverless, the possibility of accidents would be far less, Professor Vu says. The Singapore government is already planning a separate road network for autonomous vehicles, as a way of overcoming the transition problem.