Connected Car
Today, most car shoppers pay for their car and then own it. Both Hyundai and General Motors, meanwhile, have told investors they plan to sell subscription services. Automakers could continue to charge subscription fees for car features regardless of how many hands a car had passed through. The companies that build cars and the companies that sell cars are sometimes partners and sometimes rivals. A handful of relatively young automakers, like Tesla and Rivian, sell cars directly to buyers through their websites.