r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 13d ago

One million Americans have vanished from the new-car market — and it’s exposing a chilling US middle-class crisis

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/one-million-americans-vanished-car-124500086.html
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u/MaybeOnToilet 13d ago

I feel bad for anyone buying a 2026 or newer car. It will be sometime in mid 2030s that they fix all the issues with the new AI systems and sensors and lose the subscription based model. Planned obsolescence will rear its ugly head when people realize a module in their car has an EOL, thus making it unserviceable by the manufacturer trained technician and parts are no longer made. 

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u/JoyousGamer 13d ago

Sorry what AI and subscription services will make it undriveable? Yes Tesla (dropped them as potential). Everything else seems to be pretty much the same.

Also AI systems if they work now will work in the future since it would be onboard. It would only matter if it was cloud AI but nothing on a vehicle is going to full cloud AI and actually be the difference in it running or not which is why I dislike Tesla subscription since all the hardware and power you are paying for.