Porsche’s newest EV — the 2015 Cayenne S E Hybrid — will be officially debuted at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, according to a new press release. The new model is essentially just a hybrid electric version of the company’s already available Cayenne S Hybrid, with the most obvious change … [continued]
Porsche has updated its Cayenne E-Hybrid for the 2019 model year, adding even more power and more electric driving range (44 kilometers / 27 miles on the admittedly generous NEDC standard). This comes thanks to its new 14.4kWh battery.
Like most other luxury and performance manufacturers, Porsche was a little late to the electric party. As we know, Tesla beat it to the punch by more than a decade, and even beat it to mass EV production. Porsche has been producing electric vehicles since 2019, when the first Porsche … [continued]
Here we go again. Porsche just announced that it’s launching an internal investigation into suspected engine manipulation, according to Bild am Sonntag (BamS). It has informed KBA, Germany’s automotive watchdog, the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office, and authorities here in the US of the matter.
The European passenger plug-in market grew slightly above average last month (42% in August vs 41% year to date). The continent registered some 30,000 plug-in cars, pulling the year-to-date (YTD) count to some 242,000 deliveries and pushing the 2018 market share to 2.3%. For the month of August, the market share was 2.7%.
We have some positive and concrete news from Germany’s electric car industry — Porsche’s installation of four 800V superfast chargers in Berlin, which hint that it is ready to catch up to leading EV producers. This is still a test run, though, and we hope to see more concrete news to follow.
Porsche has begun offering for order a “Platinum Edition” of the Cayenne S E-Hybrid — one featuring an upgraded interior, improved safety features, and large 20-inch wheels in RS Spyder design housed in wider wheel arches, amongst other things. The new Platinum Edition of the Cayenne S E-Hybrid — which … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. One of the early developers of hybrid vehicle technologies, Paice, has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission against Volkswagen Group for patent infringement. The filed complaint argues that VW, Audi, and Porsche (note that Audi and Porsche are part of Volkswagen Group) … [continued]
Well, this is certainly a fun story. The 1st Porsche ever built was recently found inside an Austrian garage, according to news reports. The car (if we can call it that) was sitting there untouched for over 100 years! Also cool for us EV lovers — it was electric! Of … [continued]
This article has been reposted from EV Obsession with full permission (with minor modifications). When I see Porsche or Ferrari electric vehicles, for some reason, I think, “Wow, that is awesome!” (Oh yeah, that’s because they are awesome.) Not only are they awesome because these vehicles are beauties of … [continued]
