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Is it though?
I don't suppose I know the EU situation, but at least in the US, cellular towers are supposed to accept an emergency call regardless of anything like a SIM susbscription, so if the car doest uses a cellular modem to dial emergency ervices, the car wouldn't necessarily actually need a subscription active.
Maybe it doesn't work that way in EU, but it seems like it should be the case that a mandatory emergency call function shouldn't carry a subscription burden.
The moment you spend the money putting in a cellular connection that can make a call (SOS) and be connected to a mic and speaker system, you start asking how can we recoup that cost.
We already have a backup screen mandated by law.
We can show maps on it and stream music from their favorite music service!
You can put that extra stuff behind a paid sub.