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> Nissan knows if they tried to charge for CarWings, they'd have three paying customers because no one else would pay for that crap. That and the service is go
by dangrossman 11y ago
> Nissan knows if they tried to charge for CarWings, they'd have three paying customers because no one else would pay for that crap.
That and the service is going to break this year anyway.
AT&T is sunsetting its 2G network on December 31, 2016. It's already dismantled it (to reallocate the spectrum to 3G/4G/LTE) in some regions.
Most Leafs on the road only have 2G AT&T modems. I'm pretty sure Nissan was still selling them new in 2015 with 2G modems, despite knowing AT&T's plans. There won't be any CarWings service, or charging location updates, or anything else that needs internet on those cars once the 2G network goes away.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThats not going to help leaf residual values coming off lease at all.
- pjc50 11y ago>3 year old leaves are already surprisingly cheap, I was considering getting one.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoMight want to wait until March 31st to see what the Tesla Model 3 looks like.
- c22 11y agoWhy would a 35k+ car that's not going into production until 2017 be a suitable alternative for someone who's looking at 10-15k 3 year old Leafs today?
- marssaxman 11y agoIt'd make me willing to pay a little more for one if I knew that it no longer had a working network uplink I didn't control.