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2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Announced With 718 Cayman GT4 RS Powertrain

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The Porsche 718 Spyder has always delivered a thrilling open-top driving experience, but there’s a new variant coming that promises to up the ante significantly. liter flat-six from the 718 Cayman GT4 RS and combines it with Porsche’s excellent seven-speed PDK transmission. The car rockets to 60 mph from a standstill in 3.2

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2024 Porsche Cayenne Updates: More Power and More Screens

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We could debate whether the Cayenne saved Porsche until the cows come home, but there’s no denying the SUV’s appeal and popularity in the automaker’s lineup. Porsche’s giving the Cayenne better powertrains, a revised interior with more screens, and upgraded suspension. second 0-60 mph time. Porsche offers a 10.9-inch

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Porsche Announces Yet Another PHEV Cayenne Variant

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There may be some debate as to whether the Cayenne saved Porsche, but there’s no denying its popularity. The growing number of powertrain and configuration options attest to that fact, and Porsche recently announced another. Porsche promises a 4.4-second second 0-60 mph time and 13-second quarter-mile times.

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Audi Applies Safari-Style Treatment to Q8 e-tron

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Rigs like the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato get big grins and all the ink but jacked up machines like the Wilderness line at Subaru are pushing these builds well into the mainstream. second run from 0 – 62 mph on standard street tires. There is no shortage of machines jumping on the off-road bandwagon as of late.

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Polestar to Utilize Former Saab Plant as European R&D Facility

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The Polestar 5, which will also compete against the Porsche Taycan, is scheduled to go into production in 2024 at a plant in Chongqing, China. The cars will share an 800-volt electric architecture that in addition to providing nearly 900 hp of power will offer 900 newton meters of torque, 0 to 100 kph (62 mph) acceleration in 3.2

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

Creative Greenius

We have come together to find and organize the best content from blogs and other web sites. These are all listed in the new keyword widget provided by EV Driven that we’ve all put in the sidebars on our blogs. In addition to Creative Greenius you’ll find these great EV Driven blogs: DIY Electric Car. Green Gearhead.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer.

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