Newsflash, bub. If you have OnStar on your vehicle, its ALREADY connected to the government shut off switch. And you will adapt to the changes just like everyone else. You MIGHT decide to own your own vehicle in 20 years. But I am guessing most will not. It will be significantly more expensive to do so. Taxes on personally owned vehicles will begin to skyrocket, as governments will want to limit cars that are on the road. Or you might see what you see now in New York, Seattle, Chicago, etc...where you pay $250-$1000/mo (or more!) for a parking space. The luxury of everyone owning a car was fine when there were only 100 million Americans. As room gets more limited and populations increase, we will need to change our society to a different paradigm.
What might work in the big government controlled cities will not work in rural areas or even the suburbs.
Out here in California, they keep pushing builders to build these high rise "luxury" apartments and condos, but that's not what most people want.
They can't afford the rent on the apartments, and most people who have or want to start a family desire a home with a yard.
This has caused single family home prices to skyrocket.
How does $879,000 for an 1,800sq home sound? That's what a house in my neighborhood sold for last week. (7,000sq foot lot, 2 car garage and a pool)
Luckily I bought 20 years ago, and we have Prop 13 that limits property tax increases. That is so far out of my price range, I'd need a 300% raise to qualify for the loan.
And no, I don't have OnStar on any of my vehicles, don't want it, and will not buy a car that has it.
I have no need for my car to be connected to the internet to start it remotely or to unlock the doors.
The car company that provides what I want is the one that will get my business. If they all go stupid, then I'll drive older cars.
If a state makes it too expensive to own a car, I'll move to a state that isn't so anti middle class or anti consumer.
As for paying $250-$1000/mo for a parking space, I'd never live anywhere like that.
I general avoid going any place that charges for parking, which usually not a problem since I hate places so crowded they need parking garages.
All that said, I can eventually see using a self driving Uber service to replace our 2nd car, especially once I'm retired, as it would likely be rare to need the 2nd car.
That would leave me room in the garage for a workshop.
Besides, in 20 years I probably won't be driving much, so old age will likely save me from this decision anyways