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A couple of years back I read an interesting article about how cities aren't ready for autonomous cars, that when city parking is more expensive than running the vehicle, there will be fleets of empty cars driving slowly in laps around inner suburbs.
And hey, look at that!
Misuse of the road.
I don't think the wasted energy cost would ever be lower than parking costs. They'll need a depot of some sort for maintenance and charging/fueling anyway that they could return to when there's less demand. That's assuming the cars aren't privately owned, but in that case your car could just drive further away (or even all the way home) to park.