Mercedes Offers Acceleration Subscription

Mercedes is not the first automaker to offer "paid services". Prior to this, Toyota has already announced a subscription to its proprietary Toyota Remote Connect application, which allows you to remotely start the engine and more. Next, Volkswagen joined in, which also wants to introduce a subscription fee for software that will not be updated for free. Last summer, BMW also made the list, offering heated seats for $18 a month.

Mercedes decided to approach this issue in a rather original way. In the company's updated software for electric cars EQE and EQS there will be a "fast acceleration" tab. To activate it, you will have to part with the amount of $ 1,200 per year. Probably, marketers will spread this amount for a monthly payment. This will allow electric vehicles to cope with the discipline 0-100 faster by about 0.8 seconds.

So, for conscientious subscribers of the Mercedes-EQ EQE 350 4Matic, acceleration will be reduced from 6.0 to 5.1 seconds, and for owners of the Mercedes-EQ EQS 450 4Matic, it will decrease from 5.3 to 4.5 seconds. So those who wish to ride with the breeze, dress up to lighten their wallets.

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