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Well how are you going to make Passenger Storage+ a $2.99 monthly subscription if the latch isn’t software controlled? Is a robolatch cheaper, compared to a ma

Well how are you going to make Passenger Storage+ a $2.99 monthly subscription if the latch isn’t software controlled? Is a robolatch cheaper, compared to a manual latch? Is there a cost saving for the manufacturer?

quickthrower2 4y ago
That 2.99 adds $360 to the companies market cap for each subscription!
redox99 4y ago
The thought of the glovebox becoming a DLC like the BMW heated seats is hilarious.
- m463 4y ago
  It's more storage slots, just like every game ever. And with every oil change at the dealer, you unlock a cupholder. Get an extended warranty and unlock 2 driver and 2 passenger cupholders.
justsomehnguy 4y ago
> Is a robolatch cheaper Doubt it. It's still a latch but now you need a power release and some wires. Glovebox cover is still made in 1 operation regardless if it have the opening for the latch on front or not, you still need someone to install that latch in the cover, but now you need to trace wires to it.
jffry 4y ago
> Is a robolatch cheaper Doubtful, but as an extra "feature" they can probably use it to justify increasing the price of the car by more than it cost to add it. Granted, to me, this would REDUCE the value of the car, but car makers are operating in fantasyland
jrootabega 4y ago
Cheaper than a locking latch is the real comparison
remoquete 4y ago
This reminds of Philip K. Dick’s Ubik, where the main character has to pay the door a fee for getting out of his apartment.
- tvararu 4y ago
  > The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.” “I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.” > In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. “You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door. “I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”

quickthrower2 4y ago

That 2.99 adds $360 to the companies market cap for each subscription!

redox99 4y ago

The thought of the glovebox becoming a DLC like the BMW heated seats is hilarious.

m463 4y ago
It's more storage slots, just like every game ever. And with every oil change at the dealer, you unlock a cupholder. Get an extended warranty and unlock 2 driver and 2 passenger cupholders.

justsomehnguy 4y ago

> Is a robolatch cheaper Doubt it. It's still a latch but now you need a power release and some wires. Glovebox cover is still made in 1 operation regardless if it have the opening for the latch on front or not, you still need someone to install that latch in the cover, but now you need to trace wires to it.

jffry 4y ago

> Is a robolatch cheaper Doubtful, but as an extra "feature" they can probably use it to justify increasing the price of the car by more than it cost to add it. Granted, to me, this would REDUCE the value of the car, but car makers are operating in fantasyland

jrootabega 4y ago

Cheaper than a locking latch is the real comparison

remoquete 4y ago

This reminds of Philip K. Dick’s Ubik, where the main character has to pay the door a fee for getting out of his apartment.

tvararu 4y ago
> The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.” “I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.” > In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. “You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door. “I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”