ECP
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- Peter
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Subscriptions are here to stay. They are the new ways for companies to have 'recurring revenue' vs a one time purchase.
Let's not go crazy on things like airbags and brakes. They will never charge for those as its a safety feature (they replaced the air bags on my 2005 Dakota with 200k miles on it for free because of the government rules).
What they want is for you to get spoiled with upgraded features - remote unlock, remote start, self driving, etc. Tesla charges to enable to the autopilot option. If you don't get their top of the line model, you have to pay monthly to use their supercharger network.
As people have pointed out, you have to pay for SiriusGaurdian. Even XM radio!
From a business standpoint, its much more profitable to have monthly revenue coming in. How many of you out there have a streaming service of some kind? Say netflix - if you stop subscribing, you can't watch any more movies. Buy the dvd, watch it all you want.
Yes, they will start small and will start to expand. First remote start, then door unlocks, windows, etc.
There is something called planned obsolesce - look at cell phones. You can't use one from a few years back anymore it doesn't get upgraded. They'll do the same with cars. Oh, you want to unlock features of UConnect, well, you'll have to sign up for our monthly package. It'll happen, your new phone won't work with your radio (or at least not the cool features).
I won't pay for any of it though. I'm sure there will be a larger aftermarket for these things, they'll just charge less/month than the dealer (lookup filters as an example).
Let's not go crazy on things like airbags and brakes. They will never charge for those as its a safety feature (they replaced the air bags on my 2005 Dakota with 200k miles on it for free because of the government rules).
What they want is for you to get spoiled with upgraded features - remote unlock, remote start, self driving, etc. Tesla charges to enable to the autopilot option. If you don't get their top of the line model, you have to pay monthly to use their supercharger network.
As people have pointed out, you have to pay for SiriusGaurdian. Even XM radio!
From a business standpoint, its much more profitable to have monthly revenue coming in. How many of you out there have a streaming service of some kind? Say netflix - if you stop subscribing, you can't watch any more movies. Buy the dvd, watch it all you want.
Yes, they will start small and will start to expand. First remote start, then door unlocks, windows, etc.
There is something called planned obsolesce - look at cell phones. You can't use one from a few years back anymore it doesn't get upgraded. They'll do the same with cars. Oh, you want to unlock features of UConnect, well, you'll have to sign up for our monthly package. It'll happen, your new phone won't work with your radio (or at least not the cool features).
I won't pay for any of it though. I'm sure there will be a larger aftermarket for these things, they'll just charge less/month than the dealer (lookup filters as an example).
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