Keep in mind that this car is produced in Norway where prices for cars and gas/fuel is very high. Actually buying the batterypackage would make the car even more expensive in initial costs, and render the car almost worthless when the batterypackage is in need for replacement. Using this "subscription"-method the carcost is seperated from the batterycost and thus it's practical lifespan increases (and also second hand price).
As for gasprices is Norway:
Right now it's about 11 NOK for 1 metric liter.
There is 3,785 metric liters in one gallon, so that makes one gallon cost aprox. $7,3
Getting a random number from a central server that is connected to the internet doesn't seem like a terribly secure thing to do.
What if someone breaks into it and there is a log of all the random numbers been provided?
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Keep in mind that this car is produced in Norway where prices for cars and gas/fuel is very high. Actually buying the batterypackage would make the car even more expensive in initial costs, and render the car almost worthless when the batterypackage is in need for replacement. Using this "subscription"-method the carcost is seperated from the batterycost and thus it's practical lifespan increases (and also second hand price). As for gasprices is Norway: Right now it's about 11 NOK for 1 metric liter. There is 3,785 metric liters in one gallon, so that makes one gallon cost aprox. $7,3
Getting a random number from a central server that is connected to the internet doesn't seem like a terribly secure thing to do. What if someone breaks into it and there is a log of all the random numbers been provided?