[ehnto]

Surely it costs more than that to run the internet connection as well. I know they choose to do that for other features and probably get good network deals, but the cost is tangible and I would be surprised if it worked out long term.

[DanielHB]

The hardest part is managing providers across multiple countries, if you want, for example, connectivity in Kazakhstan you either use a super expensive provider that supports a lot of countries, or you have to set up and manage separate contracts with providers in Kazakhstan.

However if you care only about a one or two markets and cars are often already built inside that market...

[bluGill]

Cars in in such large numbers that it isn't a big deal to get a bulk deal with each provider seperatly. Though maybe Kazakhstan isn't worth covering at all, I'm not sure what their economy is like.

[DanielHB]

It was quite complicated for our company since our fleet was in the <50k in size. I worked with specialized trucks.

[bluGill]

Complex and a big deal are different axis. I assure you the deals are complex. They are just normal and doable at that scale.