Nissan EV Bundle, St Louis Service Dept Develops Tech, In-Vehicle PS5

The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier

Tomorrow is the big day where we get extra thankfulness, but today we’re still battening down the hatches as we talk about Nissans new EV maintenance bundle. We also cover a St Louis Dealer doing their part to curb vehicle theft, as well as a potential PS5 embedded in a vehicle.

• Nissan launches it’s Carefree+ bundled maintenance plan for new EVs which is targeted to address both consumer hesitancy toward new EV technology and loss of revenue opportunities for Dealership service departments.
  • The plan offers Ariya buyers a 3yr/36k scheduled maintenance including tire rotations and air filter and fluid replacements, 100k battery warranty and a year of free access to the EVgo public fast-charging network
  • Data shows new EV owners are more likely to bring vehicles to the Dealership and adhere more closely to the recommended maintenance
  • The move is also positioned to drive more dealership visits and increase opportunities for retention, upsells, and introduction to new models and technology
  • The bundled product removes the opportunity to sell additional maintenance packages that would be a profit center
    
• Service Manager Elliot Silk and his team at Suntrup Kia and Hyundai St. Louis’ grew tired of their customers' cars being targets of theft and decided to fight back themselves.
  • 27 vehicles per day are stolen in St. Louis, a 75% increase over last year
  • “Probably about 8 months ago it started coming in faster and faster and then of course customers are calling me all the time saying, ‘what are you going to do about it?’” said Silk. “Well, nobody has done anything so me and my guys thought about it and we took it upon ourselves to come up with a solution.”
  • The team developed a bluetooth interrupter that requires pressing a button on a keychain in order to allow the vehicle to start which renders the vehicle useless without it
  • Costs $200 to install, and the store is going to be installing on all new models sold
• In a move that isn’t all that surprising to the hosts of this show, Sony and Honda are reportedly considering incorporating a PS5 directly into the vehicle the companies are co-developing
  • Sony Honda Mobility says this idea is ‘in consideration’ as it looks to compete with the in-vehicle gaming experience available inside Tesla vehicles
  • In car gaming would only be available when the vehicle is stationary or in some form of autonomous driving mode
  • Honda, individually, has been very vocal about their commitment to safely with a stated goal of having zero traffic related fatalities by the year 2050

Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
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