"In the future you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy."
Unless your Social Credit score gets too low. In that case, you'll get a free trip to the re-education camp.
Unless your Social Credit score gets too low. In that case, you'll get a free trip to the re-education camp.
In your own "subscription" autonomous EV when it quietly locks all doors and reroutes to the nearest facility.
You won't have noticed though; too distracted by the UberHD++ remaster of 2001: A Space Odyssey playing on the holographic windscreen.
In all seriousness, though, I'm currently car-shopping, and I would gladly pay a massive premium for a car with the minimum-viable amount of electronic/connected nonsense.
As far as I can tell, the only legally-required bit of electronic shenanigans is the backup cameras. I'd love a car that just had that, mechanical switches for everything else, and some USB-C/USB-A/aux ports where I can plug in my devices.
Increasingly, this is true of ICE vehicles, too. It's why I've pretty much given up on the idea of having a new car at all.
Like leasing, this comes with the downsides of car ownership (maintenance, fuel, parking) without the upside of "equity". Based on the submission title, I was expecting something more akin to ZipCar (but only electric vehicles).
Funny, I got a ZipCard and never used it.