Instrument Clusters Are Now Paid Extras In Two Hyundai Models
"Enshittification of car controls [is] rapidly accelerating," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij, pointing to a new report from Car and Driver. From the report: Remember when iPhones used to come with free headphones and a phone charger (including the wall plug)? It didn't feel so much like Apple giving you free goodies as it did that the company was providing you with the relevant hardware to…
The practice of charging customers extra for standard car features is becoming increasingly common, according to a new report from Car and Driver. One example is Hyundai, which is now making the driver's display screen an additional cost in two of its models. This move comes as part of a larger trend known as "enshittification of car controls," in which car companies are increasingly nickel-and-diming consumers for features that were once standard.
The report cites the recent Elantra generation and the Ioniq 3 as examples of this trend. In the Korea-market Avante model of the Elantra, the driver's display screen costs an additional 350,000 won ($255), while the electric Ioniq 3 requires customers to upgrade to a higher trim level for the feature, paying an extra $5000. Hyundai plans to equip the driver's display setup in 20 million cars worldwide by the end of the decade.
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