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2024 Porsche Macan review: First drive of one of the most important new electric cars of the year

EV Central

The Porsche Macan is a whole lot more than just another fast SUV. Let me explain… The Macan is Porsche’s top selling car, accounting for about half of the brand’s sales in Australia. Distinguished by its fake air vents on the sides of the rear bumper, the Porsche Macan Turbo makes up to 470kW and 1130Nm and gets to 100km/h in 3.3

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National Drive Electric Week 2021

EV Match

It is also the perfect opportunity for drivers who are EV-curious, or considering transitioning to an electric vehicle, to attend in-person or online events and connect with EV owners, manufacturers, and organizations in the EV/conservation space to gain extensive insight on the subject from a variety of different perspectives. .

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

In a first drive of the 2025 Porsche Taycan , we found that with improvements to performance, efficiency, and charging, this grand-touring electric sports car lives up to its original mission—and much more. Is CEO Elon Musk costing Tesla sales? Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL. And instead it’s planning more hybrids.

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How EV adoption is soaring in unlikely circumstances, and what could make it better

Teslarati

Tesla, for example, axed the $35,000 Standard Range+ Model 3 , and its most affordable vehicle now starts at well over $40,000. It does not take a genius to figure out that the average person will choose an affordable car over an expensive one, even if the expensive one will not require weekly stops at the pump. competitive.

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Tesla Model S and Model 3 owners get more matches in dating platforms: study

Teslarati

These were the findings of a study conducted by Money.co.uk , which aimed to determine if a person’s chances of being matched on a dating platform are affected by the vehicles they feature on their profile. . Other vehicles that boosted male profiles included the Aston Martin DB9, the Porsche Cayman, and the Range Rover Evoque. .

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Porsche Stops Selling the 718 Boxster and Cayman in Europe

The Truth About Cars

The Porsche 718 is now dead in Europe after it failed to meet the European Union’s so-called “cybersecurity” regulations. But rich people, who can afford $150,000 (to start) specialty models, are apparently fine to take the alleged risk. Porsche has a similar strategy in place for the two generations of the Macan.

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y is again the bestseller in Norway

Push EVs

Plugless vehicles will continue to be sold in Norway until plugin options — most likely BEVs — appear in all vehicle segments, and at affordable price points. The only top 20 model to put in a personal-best performance was the MG4, with 242 units, and gaining 15th spot, a new high. YTD cumulative share.

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