Subscription model where does it go from here?

[oldman_74]

Looking into the further of the subscription model for cars, will there be a future a subscription to actually drive the car that you purchased. With all the subscription requests for all features that should be part of the automobile we purchased where does this stop. Can Ford, GM or Stelantis start charging monthly to drive your purchased vehicles?

Just some questions and food for thought!

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[B177y]

Take this to the full extreme.... Think electric scooter or bicycle rentals and subscription models...

Just a bunch of random EVs scattered throughout a city. Walk up, tap your phone, and rent the car. A subscription would be needed for insurance verification and vetting, stuff like that.

Or you subscribe to a service and request a car that "self-drives" to your location. Get in as a passenger and it self drives you to a destination, or request that you want to be behind the wheel for a reduced rate.

I can see it happening. I keep reading that current generation doesn't want or like cars and driving. Tap to rent, public transit, and Uber type models seem to be the future.

 

[Heliian]

Just a bunch of random EVs scattered throughout a city. Walk up, tap your phone, and rent the car.

This exists already. Not just ev's, Zipcar is just one example.

As for the op's line of questions, it goes to what the market wants and what the market can bear.

 

[Maquis]

Just a bunch of random EVs scattered throughout a city. Walk up, tap your phone, and rent the car. A subscription would be needed for insurance verification and vetting, stuff like that.

A company called Bollare tried this in Paris. It failed miserably. Cars were left littered and defecated in. When the service was terminated, a company bought the cars -about 125 of them - for salvage.

As an aside, the cars were parked in a field about 100 miles outside of Paris. A picture of these cars was circulated by the anti-EV crowd claiming that cars all had failed batteries and it would cost too much to fix them.

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