[atarashi]

This sort of submarine article for Reviver Auto has come up often in the past couple of months, but does anyone see a market for a $700 license plate with a yearly subscription model, which also requires you to carry a backup non-digital license plate? What's the benefit to the driver?

Also the title, Ordinary License Plate's Days May be Numbered seems inconsistent with No more than half a percent of the registered vehicles in the state, about 170,000, will be allowed to use a digital rear plate ... and the driver must carry a regular rear plate in the vehicle in case the digital version malfunctions

[jameslk]

> does anyone see a market for a $700 license plate with a yearly subscription model, which also requires you to carry a backup non-digital license plate?

No, but I could see one subsidized or mandated by governments (e.g. if it makes tracking vehicles much easier due to GPS / RFID / Cell Antenna)

[beerlord]

Particularly when electric vehicles are more widely adopted, and gas tax revenue falls. Road use can be directly taxed, with time of day usage too, which should allow far more efficient road usage.

[raverbashing]

It's like a Juicero where the juicer squeezes you

As for toll tracking, there are already RFID tags that do that, no need for a new digital license plate

Also OCR is getting better

[Gibbon1]

The dirty secret is there is also no need for RFID tags since they also use license plate readers.