Bombadil wrote: electric auto pods
I'm going to call them that now. "Car" and "taxi" come loaded with so many preconceptions, the idea that just not having a driver would make them radically different is inconceivable to most people.
2035: Now where's my pod? I don't have a pod!? Someone converted my garage into a little house and someone tore up the driveway to plant trees! Oh that's right. I did that. I'll just get out my phone and call a pod ... hey, where's my phone?