Someone proposed some food for thought a little while ago that intrigued me. One day in the not too distant future it'd be completely reasonable for cabs to drive themselves and automatically accept payment via bitcoin or some other digital currency. It'd also be reasonable for them to refill their fuel tanks when empty, paying with the money they received, and additionally go into the shop whenever their diagnostics detect an issue.
At this point, they may not be self aware, but they are completely autonomous, capable of making their own living wages, and can look after their own well-being.
It will be something like a merger of traditional cab services and modern car-sharing services like https://www.car2go.com/
Most of those car-sharing services are owned directly by the large car companies like BMW or Mercedes. It's very likely that they'll eventually just become big cab services with self-driving cars in addition to just producing them.
And the number of people who actually need to own their own car will shrink every year.
At this point, they may not be self aware, but they are completely autonomous, capable of making their own living wages, and can look after their own well-being.