gjohns427
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Newbie here. I was at the conference where this was announced. I see some comments about $995 being expensive. To put it in perspective, a fully loaded Bosch EDR kit that covers most manufacturers is nearly $20,000 plus $900/year for the software. The Tesla "software" is free; the cost is the cables, and Tesla is supplying a very good manual as far as locations of components - the Bosch kit leaves a lot to be desired here. Hyundai and Kia can't be read with the Bosch kit, so you have to buy their kits at $5,000 and $7,000 each respectively plus a $400/year each software cost. Subaru and Mitsubishi's kits will each set you back about $6,000 each. I'm very grateful Tesla has released this data. It is by no means everything they are monitoring, but it is something. Before 563 came out, some manufacturers were very uncooperative in releasing data. Requiring subpoenas that required lawsuits.