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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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Chile’s Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, headed the ceremony where a Porsche 911 was loaded with synthetic fuel. Porsche, one of the partners, contributed with research and an offtake agreement to purchase Haru Oni eGasoline for lighthouse projects such the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and the Porsche Experience Centers.

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Porsche demos grid balancing capability of group of Taycan EVs with cloud-based pooling system

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A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. The Porsche Home Energy Manager monitors energy and power consumption.

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Premium EV bargain hunting? 2024’s best cut-price prestige electric buys

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A mate bought a pre-loved Porsche Taycan RWD last week. But have you heard Porsche doesn’t mind charging for a few extras? Could you be tempted by an ex-demo or lightly pre-loved premium electric car once they’ve shed dollars from scarily high original sticker prices? Just over a year old. Only 5600km on the clock.

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ABI: connected car market will endure a 15% shipment decline, flat revenues in 2020; sales return on trend early 2022

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For example, the Porsche Taycan has a 16.8-inch CES 2020 had consistent demos of vehicles with large dashboard displays, such as Mustang’s 15-inch portrait display, Fiat Centoventi’s displays ranging from 10 to 30 inches, and Byton M-Byte’s impressive 48-inch screen. inch instrument cluster display, a central 10.9-inch

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Tesla Cybertruck lets loose in impressive high speed run across Giga Texas

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This was highlighted during its unveiling when Tesla featured a drag race between the Cybertruck and a Porsche 911. It was an insane feat, though it was arguably overshadowed by other notable events in the unveiling, such as the ill-fated armored glass demo. . The race was close, but the Cybertruck proved the winner.

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

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There’s also a fair number of used EVs under a year old or as dealer ex-demos with heavy discounts over RRP. Many are ex-demos that simply haven’t sold. In 2021 it was around 3%, so unlike Europe and the US, we don’t have the glut of used EVs being traded in around the three-years-old mark. But there are some.

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Unleashed Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo takes track record at Spa-Francorchamps

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An evo version of the Le Mans winning Porsche 919 Hybrid established a new track record at Spa-Francorchamps. Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. Our target was to show what the Porsche 919 Hybrid is able to do when we loosen the restrictions that normally come from the regulations. F), track temperature was 13° Celsius (55.4 ?F).

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