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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

EV Central

“That’s proper arse-hole parking,” says the Tesla Model 3 owner as he stares – bewildered – at our Porsche Taycan blocking three Tesla superchargers. Arse-hole parking engaged: charging a Porsche Taycan RWD with a Tesla Supercharger. 2023 Porsche Taycan RWD in Crayon and with choice options.

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Porsche Opens 1st “Charging Lounge”

CleanTechnica EVs

Now we’re getting somewhere! Five years ago, in collaboration with GreenWay and more than 10 private, public, and nonprofit partners, CleanTechnica produced a report on EV charging station guidelines for cities. Included in the report were specific station design recommendations.

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Tesla Cybertruck and Solar Roof come with this $12 million luxury estate

Teslarati

While the house isn’t set to be completed until 2025, Dunn says putting the property up now will let buyers make last-minute calls about finishes, fixtures and overall design choices made on the house. This home was designed to embrace that. It’s a resort within a resort.” It’s a resort within a resort.”

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

Car design has become increasingly uniform this past decade, so it’s refreshing to see something genuinely different. Spy the back end at the wrong angle and it could be the lovechild of a Porsche 993 and Ford AU Falcon. Even if you’re not taken by its looks, the Ioniq 6’s range makes headlines. Distinctive.

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Volkswagen Group’s MQB plug-in hybrid powertrain; foundation for Golf GTE, A3 e-tron, and more

Green Car Congress

not the $845,000 base price plug-in hybrid Porsche 918, earlier post , or even the $100,000 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, earlier post —the Golf GTE ( earlier post ) and the A3 e-tron ( earlier post ), are both based on the same MQB (Modularen Querbaukasten, or modular transverse toolkit) plug-in hybrid powertrain. Earlier post.).

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Tesla Model Y Performance versus Kia EV6 GT: Which is Australia’s best go-fast EV?

EV Central

There’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, of course, as well as dual-zone climate, wireless phone charging and on-board nav, a powered boot and a 14-speaker Meridian surround sound system. Kia EVT GT versus Tesla Model Y Performance: 0-100km/h and performance times We’re scoring this one to the Kia EV6 GT. 60-100km/h 1.74

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Honda reveals radical new electric Saloon concept at CES 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

At its unveiling at CES in Las Vegas, bosses confirmed that the final car is designed, and testing of the production car is now under way at Honda’s US headquarters, ahead of an expected reveal in 2025. It could also take an actual name, rather than a numerical or alphabetical designation like e:NY1, into production.

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