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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Road Side Pub
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<blockquote data-quote="SecondhandSnake" data-source="post: 16584785" data-attributes="member: 116684"><p>They can sell fewer cars and make more money because the business model has fundamentally changed. It's no longer making X% margin per item. Why have something that is tied to a physical quantity when you can turn it into a monthly subscription fee that goes on indefinitely? Everything is already transitioning to that model. They can cut out the middlemen of repair facilities, dealerships, etc... And they can serve the same number of customers with less physical cars. You may only need one actual car for five, ten, or more people to run the errands they want. That's like selling one car five, ten or more times and only having to bare the cost of building one.</p><p></p><p>No argument on the lawsuits. In fact we've already seen that massively put the brakes on development that had them on the road back in 2018. They were all over...then one accident and everyone took one very big step back. Purely speculation but I imagine that law/precedent will get sorted out in time, no doubt in the interest of whoever can line politicians pockets the most. Whether that's the lawyer or auto maker lobby, we'll have to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SecondhandSnake, post: 16584785, member: 116684"] They can sell fewer cars and make more money because the business model has fundamentally changed. It's no longer making X% margin per item. Why have something that is tied to a physical quantity when you can turn it into a monthly subscription fee that goes on indefinitely? Everything is already transitioning to that model. They can cut out the middlemen of repair facilities, dealerships, etc... And they can serve the same number of customers with less physical cars. You may only need one actual car for five, ten, or more people to run the errands they want. That's like selling one car five, ten or more times and only having to bare the cost of building one. No argument on the lawsuits. In fact we've already seen that massively put the brakes on development that had them on the road back in 2018. They were all over...then one accident and everyone took one very big step back. Purely speculation but I imagine that law/precedent will get sorted out in time, no doubt in the interest of whoever can line politicians pockets the most. Whether that's the lawyer or auto maker lobby, we'll have to see. [/QUOTE]
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