So basically car companies have to decide in electric, driver-less technologies or both to be competitive in the future. Will driver-less tech kill the electric car movement?
I don't think the two technologies are mutually exclusive.
I think they might work rather well together. For example where I live I doubt there will be charging points at street level for a long time (if ever, due to conservation restrictions) - but if a self driving electric car can take itself off somewhere else to get charged at night or during the day then it might make things rather more practical.
Exactly like a big Roomba: do your work, go off to charge itself, come back for more.