"Autoautomobile" is too clumsy, so how about "autocar"?
Later on, when they get really smart and start doing unmanned item delivery and shopping trips and passenger pickup all on their own, we can call them "robocars". Law enforcement robocars with weapon systems can be called "robocops" (or maybe "enforcement droids"?).
last time I saw one (at Kinkos) it had a human behind the wheel.
me: "hey! how many lenses!?"
him: "I cant talk about it."
me: "eh. how's the res?"
him: "I cant talk about it."
me: "ah. Can you say how far you drove today?"
him: "no"
me: "are they listening now?"
him: (jokingly) "maybe."
When robocars and flying drones have converged into airdroids proper, they'll probably develop networked fleet intelligence for coordinated tasks and strategic planning. They'll be really useful then, with their aerial range covering all our airspace.
At that point I guess we can call them "Skynet" or something like that?
Later on, when they get really smart and start doing unmanned item delivery and shopping trips and passenger pickup all on their own, we can call them "robocars". Law enforcement robocars with weapon systems can be called "robocops" (or maybe "enforcement droids"?).