$1,200 improve will increase torque, decreases 0-60-mph acceleration time.
There’s a working gag within the tech assist world the place an answer to repair a slow-running laptop is to “obtain extra RAM.” Whereas such a factor is unimaginable in your PC or smartphone, automakers are leveraging over-the-air software program updates to supply EV homeowners with extra efficiency. Cadillac is becoming a member of the likes of Mercedes-Benz and Tesla by providing drivers of the Lyriq SUV such a lift courtesy of the “Velocity Bundle.”
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Cadillac Lyriq Velocity Bundle
Costs
For $1,200 (plus tax, naturally), homeowners can obtain the replace by means of the infotainment system. It will increase the electrical motor’s accessible torque to 524 pound-feet from the usual 450. Horsepower stays unchanged at 500. The improve is on the market for fashions geared up with all-wheel drive, and Cadillac claims it reduces the automobile’s 0-60-mph acceleration time to 4.4 seconds from 4.7.
Availability
The Velocity Bundle is on the market for buy now.
CG Says:
The thought of having the ability to buy a software program improve that may enhance a automobile’s efficiency with out requiring specialist data or a vendor go to is intriguing. Alternatively, Cadillac, Tesla, and others are primarily locking a characteristic the automobile already has behind a paywall. A number of years in the past, online game firms have been lambasted for primarily doing the identical factor – making clients pay for content material that was already “on the disc.” We’d in all probability be extra forgiving if Cadillac solely charged just a few hundred {dollars} for the Velocity Bundle, however $1,200 is steep for one thing we wager most homeowners aren’t going to note or use in on a regular basis driving.
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