Fitted v Activation16 Jun 2023 09:48
Just an opinion....
Are we getting paid for the license if the IP is in the car irrrespective of being used ?
It's hard to get to the vol SEE have with just Supercruise, Bluecruise, ActiveGlide etc which we take as the some of the proxy for volume. Maybe the volume is coming from the fact that if SEE IP is on a chip in a car whether being used or not (as it can be activated at a later date?) SEE get paid a license fee.
Note that Smarteye since last June 2022 claimed 1m cars on the road - yet there has been virtually no press on DMS being used in any of their supposed wins. I expect they were paid and in some models DMS never was activated?
Also note from the RNS dated Nov 2022 where Paul stated:
"it is tremendous to see cars on road, fitted with our technology"
He says "fitted" not "using".
Maybe that's why our volumes don't necessarily reconcile to what we think....