If Google pays for half of the $50k price tag they can insert all of the location-based ads they want.
They may not be paying half the price of the car, but if they are investing in the company, well, they are putting in money, so they can expect something in return. Also, targetted ads that are not obtrusive are not so irritating and can be rather helpful at times.
Oh yeah! Let's take some random product and add 'Google' to it.
Google chewing gum!
Google soft candy!
Google mortgages!
I thought this nonsense ended with AllAdvantage.com...
17" screen for driver ... what if the driver is watching YouTube while driving?
That's not legal so they won't make that functionality.
What would be cool is if they stick a little camera into the back of the car. This will help a lot for reversing, etc...