The Tesla subscription is part of a concerning trend in the industry, with consumers paying for parts and functions of their car as services, says Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports. Owners might be surprised later to learn that they don’t actually have an ownership stake in those parts, he says.
Within the past few years, BMW sold Apple CarPlay as a subscription. To sync their phones with the infotainment system, vehicle owners paid a monthly fee. It led to complaints when the interface turned out to be balky, and BMW eventually dropped the subscription model, Fisher says.
With more functions on a car controlled by software and added via over-the-air updates, there's a potential for automakers to break down parts of the vehicle as subscription services rather than paying for everything upfront, Fisher says. Even seat heaters or other similar features or options could be turned on or off via software updates, he says. That could become a big problem when it’s time to sell or trade in your vehicle, because the subscription features may not convey to the new owner, he says.
“Ten years ago this kind of thing did not exist,” Fisher says. “We are heading for this model where you pay for a feature by subscription, but at the end of the day it could mean you’ve got nothing and no resale value.”
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