This is unacceptable and absolutely ridiculous. That’s what I’d expect from a parody of corporate greed, which would require a software update that optimizes the vehicle’s torque by tweaking the electric motor. This is not an expensive and bulky cloud computing service that needs to provide instant computation to vehicles. Unless you pay for a subscription, you artificially limit the performance of a machine someone paid for. ..

A dispute between BMW and Mercedes over the use of heated seats in their vehicles led to a cash Heist at a Mercedes dealership. The thieves copied the physical characteristics of heated seats on other cars, leading to a conflict that led to this robbery.