Not all roads are in cities, though. I'd be fine with "manual" driving in a city if I could turn on smart-cruise-control on the motorway and let it do its thing

Not all roads are in cities, though. I'd be fine with "manual" driving in a city if I could turn on smart-cruise-control on the motorway and let it do its thing at 40/60/70 knowing that I can relax just a little bit more. Doubly so if in an EV world, the cars can talk to each other and a central network to say "I'm going to need to charge in X km, so I can use charger A, B, or C" and they communicate to minimise wait times across the board.