I would have to find it again, theres the convo I had with AgentMooshroom5 were he hinted at it, than one from right after 0.36 were he outright said it was planned. I will go find it right now. --- Post updated --- Here on page 11 https://www.beamng.com/threads/0-36-discussion-thread.105081/page-11#post-1856900 --- Post updated --- He says they are in the works, maybe we will get them this update.
it was released yesterday but you live in an alternate universe so it didnt on your end ¯\_(͠≖ ͜ʖ͠≖)_/¯
Regarding the price of the game, remember that BeamNG.drive is still an early access game. Meaning that there's an unwritten rule that the price will increase eventually, but only after the game's 1.0 release. In BeamNG's case this won't happen until career mode is finished, if I recall correctly.