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Message   VRSS    All   Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower   August 16, 2025
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Title: Volkswagen Wants You To Pay Monthly To Unlock More Horsepower

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/0242...

Slashdot reader darwinmac writes: Volkswagen is offering a subscription model
for extra horsepower on its ID.3 electric cars. Want to bump your ride from
the standard 201 bhp to the full 228 bhp? That will be about �16.50 per month
or �165 per year, or a one-time �649 "lifetime" fee that is tied to
the car, not you. If you sell it, you have to pay again. VW defended this to
the BBC by saying you are basically paying for a sportier experience without
buying a higher powered model upfront, calling it "nothing new."
Nothing changes mechanically. You are just paying VW to essentially flip a
boolean somewhere in the car's software.

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