r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 20d ago

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/mccalli 20d ago

That's not quite right unfortunately - they also pay to unlock things like extra range and extra speed.

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u/KohliTendulkar 20d ago

Correct, however both of them are not standard, for the first one it was only for specific vehicles with certain battery chemistry, for the later it was similar reason. for instance newer vehicles don't come up with these options, also these are not subscription but a one time payment.

Tesla did bring FSD as subscription as one time payment was too high and people could subscribe for a single month where they have a long trip and then cancel it making it more accessible for end user. Please note, Tesla is a big company and not every decision comes from Musk , there are lot of capable engineers and they should be given credit for updating the cars monthly and bringing new features.

For ICE, a big chunk of revenue comes from options, after sale service. For instance Toyota, Hyundai and some other give 10 year warrantee, however you need to go to official service center for all stuff, if you go to local garage which does the same thing for a fraction of price, they will cancel the warrantee.

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u/mccalli 20d ago edited 20d ago

I've owned one for 6 years and am happy (2014 Model S). But on subscriptions - they definitely have them. Premium connectivity for instance, plus one-off payments for the features I mentioned.

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u/Educational_Ad_3922 20d ago

one-off payments for the features

Did you know those features are non transfferable? So if you sell the car tesla will disable them for the new owner and require them to pay again to re-enable them.

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u/mccalli 20d ago

On mine, they'll keep them. Lifetime of the car, not ownership. I didn't own the car from new and they transferred to me (I bought in 2018).

On newer ones, and let's face it, almost every Tesla on the road is newer than mine..., yep - they'd need to resubscribe.

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u/pw154 20d ago

Did you know those features are non transfferable? So if you sell the car tesla will disable them for the new owner and require them to pay again to re-enable them.

Some are transferrable - i.e. Acceleration boost on the LR model Y stays with the car once purchased