Would you pay a monthly fee to use your car starter?

What about heated seats? 

Tesla actually started this trend with its ability to upgrade your vehicle online

Now some of the other manufacturers want to build on that concept to generate ongoing revenue

As vehicles become completely connected to the internet the ability to control what we use and charge extra fees is too much to resist

The future of the automotive industry is changing quickly, but for consumers, it’s looking more and more expensive with the manufacturers calling the shots

Seems we no longer have the same choices we used to…Try getting a real leather interior in your brand new vehicle for example, in many brands it’s simply not available

Today we have to accept plastic and other inferior materials for the privilege of providing higher profit margins to the automotive industry

#retail #automotiveindustry #economy #leather #plasticsucks

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