Mercedes-Benz Electric Vehicle Owners Can Increase Engine Power By 20-24% With A $1,200 Annual Acceleration Increase Subscription

Owners of Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles will be able to increase engine power by 20-24% with an Acceleration Increase subscription

$1,200 a yearThis year, BMW announced that some options in electric cars will beare available on a subscription that costs $18 per month, such as heated seats.Another German automobile giant, Mercedes-Benz, has decided to follow the same path.

What is known

The company will allow owners of electric vehiclesMercedes-EQ EQE and Mercedes-EQ EQS increase engine power by 20-24%. This option will appear in the Acceleration Increase subscription, the annual cost of which will be $1200.

An increase in engine power will increasetorque and will reduce the acceleration time from zero to 60 mph (96.56 km/h) by about 1 second. All this will be done programmatically through a firmware update. You won't have to make any hardware changes to the configuration of the machines.

We can say that Mercedes-Benz specificallycut engine power in order to later sell subscriptions to users and generate additional income. On the other hand, the amount of $1200 is not huge, considering that the car costs more than $100,000. But there is still some residue.

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