Do Toyota's subscriptions justify ditching CarPlay and Android Auto?

Toyota (NYSE: TM) is offering multiple monthly subscription plans that can personalize vehicles and unlock suites of features ...
JD Supra

Subscription and Auto-Renew Offerings Face New Hurdles: FTC Issues Broad “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Imposing Nationwide Requirements

Companies that automatically renew customers’ subscriptions or memberships, take note. On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced sweeping amendments to the Negative Option Rule ...
CBS News

Auto industry eyes subscription fees as future multi-billion-dollar revenue stream

Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism ...
JD Supra

FTC Signals Enforcement on Auto-Renewing Subscriptions and Sales

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on April 21, 2025, sued Uber in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly engaging in unfair and deceptive practices related to ...
Auto Remarketing

Dealers Offered eBay Motors’ National Subscriptions

Auto dealers may find a new avenue for reaching nationwide customer pools, with an announcement this week by eBay Motors. The company has launched a fixed-rate, national subscriptions program it says ...
AutoGuide

Consumers Are Actually Very Willing To Pay For In-Car Subscriptions

Would you be willing to pay for a subscription? With the advent of the electric, connected car, manufacturers have been scrambling to make up revenue in new ways. Electric cars aren’t all that ...