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One things for certain, ICE is on its way out. The next step may not be lithium-based electric, but it will be something like that. The cars are mechanically simpler, the infrastructure to support them will develop, and even if it's a displaced carbon cost, the perceived cost savings for the end user are a driving factor.
My Prius drives like a POS, but the mileage and technology to achieve it are pretty incredible. As we move to autonomous vehicles, the whole idea of "driving pleasure" will become the realm of the true enthusiast. Everybody else will be happy to sit in their plain vanilla box to get to where they're going, as long as it can power their VR headsets and personal portable computers.
Eventually, non autonomous cars will be banned from major freeways, and the only place you'll be able to drive your archaic ICE powered car will be on isolated back roads. Assuming you can even find any gas to put in it.
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