{"id":16638,"date":"2025-08-15T16:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1414768"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:59:45","slug":"subscriptions-are-creeping-from-software-into-everything-even-your-cars-horsepower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=16638","title":{"rendered":"Subscriptions are creeping from software into everything \u2014 even your car\u2019s horsepower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2025%2F08%2FUntitled-design-1.jpg&#038;signature=691160589048be269947e2e190b95728\" width=\"796\" height=\"417\"><br \/>The subscription model beloved of software is now creeping into cars.\u00a0 Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to adopt the pricing structure. The German marque has introduced a monthly subscription fee to access the full performance of some of its ID.3 electric vehicles. Auto Express spotted that the Volkswagen ID.3 Pro and Pro S were listed in the UK as producing 201bhp, but could hit 228bhp \u2014 if customers paid extra. For that extra 27bhp, buyers can pay \u00a316.50 per month, \u00a3165 annually, or \u00a3649 for a lifetime subscription that transfers with the car if it\u2019s resold. Volkswagen described the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/subscriptions-are-creeping-into-cars-vw-id3?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed\">This story continues<\/a> at The Next Web <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/subscriptions-are-creeping-into-cars-vw-id3\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subscription model beloved of software is now creeping into cars.\u00a0 Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to adopt the pricing structure. The German marque has introduced a monthly subscription fee to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}