Some years ago my wife's boss ran an experiment where he sold his car and went everywhere by taxi and train. He kept meticulous records of every expense for two years to compare with the cost of owning and running a modest car. He even commuted daily by taxi after negotiating a collect and deliver contract for the 10 mile round trip home to work at set 9-5 hours. ( He was a 'big boned' chap so cycling wasn't an option) Similar monthly contract with that same taxi firm to cover all of his local ad-hoc shopping and pub/social/trips as well as home to rail station etc. Heavy use of discounted railcards of course. He refused to use bus services as walking to a bus stop and standing in the rain was step too far.
He saved quite a lot of cash annually when the figures were in. Apart from the loss of immediate mobility, as has been mentioned, he wasn't inconvenienced much and intended to continue with the experiment. My wife moved to another job but we often wondered how that proceeded.
I spent a year and a half in Singapore (2007-08), with no car. That worked quite well for me, although I had no kid either, which probably helps.
When reading about those self driving cars that one could call through the phone, I wonder why not include the accessory called "driver" to that car, and then it also becomes self-cleaning, and for a lot of people it remains cheaper than owning a car.
Of course, that doesn't work for everyone. Living in London means that you can get an uber in under 10 minutes at 4:30 AM on a Sunday, while other people may have a different experience. But in most busy areas the no car / use feet, bike, public transport, and then taxi when needed means very little loss of freedom and a nice amount of money extra on the account at the end of the year.
I now have a car, due to working with clients all over the place, not always with practical trains to go from one to the other (e.g. work until 4:30 in Faslane, start at 8:30 in Darlington the next day) but my wife doesn't use the car, except as a passenger.
Regarding charging, considering the change in range and charging availability over the last 10 years, I don't expect that to be too much of an issue in 10 years. I think people will relax a lot more after they try the grocery shopping + lunch at the local shopping centre giving them half of what they need for the week. And that is only assuming 7kW, 22 or rapid would charge for the full week.
