Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
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Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
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Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#2Does anyone proofread these?
"GM confirmed the price of the taillight to Car and Driver and explained the reason: each light has a microconductor in the housing that allows the individual lights to perform their respective animations."
Not sure what a 'microconductor' means, but any reasonable microcontroller that exists on the market for controlling something as simple as headlight automations shouldn't cost more than a few dollars, even in an automotive variant. Sounds more like price gouging to me.
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#3Seems like you could 3D print them. Cheaper even to buy a 3D printer to make them with than to buy.
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#4Does anyone proofread these? "GM confirmed the price of the taillight to Car and Driver and explained the reason: each light has a microconductor in the housing that allows the individual lights to perform their respective animations." Not sure what a 'microconductor' means, but any reasonable microcontroller that exists on the market for controlling something as simple as headlight automations shouldn't cost more th…
Some microcontrollers cannot be had for love or money nowadays, but they could surely substitute about any other.
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#5Does anyone proofread these? "GM confirmed the price of the taillight to Car and Driver and explained the reason: each light has a microconductor in the housing that allows the individual lights to perform their respective animations." Not sure what a 'microconductor' means, but any reasonable microcontroller that exists on the market for controlling something as simple as headlight automations shouldn't cost more th…
> Sounds more like price gouging to me.
Exactly. Unless each taillight is run by a gold-plated Mac Studio there’s no reason for them to be that expensive.
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#6Does anyone proofread these? "GM confirmed the price of the taillight to Car and Driver and explained the reason: each light has a microconductor in the housing that allows the individual lights to perform their respective animations." Not sure what a 'microconductor' means, but any reasonable microcontroller that exists on the market for controlling something as simple as headlight automations shouldn't cost more th…
Is nobody asking why taillights "need" animations? Just use a fricken light bulb.
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#7Does anyone proofread these? "GM confirmed the price of the taillight to Car and Driver and explained the reason: each light has a microconductor in the housing that allows the individual lights to perform their respective animations." Not sure what a 'microconductor' means, but any reasonable microcontroller that exists on the market for controlling something as simple as headlight automations shouldn't cost more th…
> Sounds more like price gouging to me. Exactly. Unless each taillight is run by a gold-plated Mac Studio there’s no reason for them to be that expensive.
They are not "expensive to produce". They are "expensive to sell".
I think even GM realised that the only people who buy Hammers are those with a lot of money and little knowledge in cars.
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#8On today's episode of coming soon to Rockauto (from china)
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#9Bill Gates wrote a book about how cheap computers were saving us so much money that we ought to let them do everything. Now we know why.
Automotive retail and repair is not a pretty business if you follow the money. The full dealership retail price of some of the plastic parts with no electronics in them can be over 95% markup. The logic is that because there are so many dealers and so many brands of almost identical cars, the honest dealers need to make money on repairs or starve, and cars are getting so reliable that they have to make so much money on so few repairs that you don't even want to know how much.
Re: Pay Up: GMC Hummer EV Taillights Cost $6100 to Replace
#10Does anyone proofread these? "GM confirmed the price of the taillight to Car and Driver and explained the reason: each light has a microconductor in the housing that allows the individual lights to perform their respective animations." Not sure what a 'microconductor' means, but any reasonable microcontroller that exists on the market for controlling something as simple as headlight automations shouldn't cost more th…
It's risk shifting.
GM has almost certainly forced some subcontractor to bear the risk of holding the required inventory for the legally required repair period. That subcontractor worked out the cost per item to be able to do this--especially for something qualified as a safety system.
This price has very little to do with material cost and everything to do with outsourcing.