Baua Electric

APRIL 7, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 6, 2024. 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.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2012

Where we stand: July, 2012 Think Porsche and your mind will instantly conjure up images of slick sports cars like the world famous Porsche 911. However, in recent years even the ultimate performance car maker has tipped its hat towards the environment as pressures mount to meet tough new emission regulations.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Michelin Uptis airless tire on French postal van There, executives confirmed to Green Car Reports that the company is pushing ahead on airless tire technology that may be smarter for robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles. It takes a lot of simulation tools to provide a match for the car, then rounds of final testing with the car.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Today, we have plug-in electric car sales figures for October, accusations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that additional Volkswagen Group models have emissions-cheating software, and Nissan's unhurried approach to fuel-cell cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Which carmaker was charged by the EPA with creating special software to cheat for years on emissions tests? And, why is the same electric car rated at both 107 miles and 155 miles of range? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, September 18, 2015.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has approved its most expensive car yet to qualify for its Plug-in Car Grants. The world’s first plug-in hybrid from an established car brand in the executi[.]. Hybrid cars Porsche'

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

The Porsche Panamera promises to be one of the most exciting additions to the green car world as a high performance vehicle that can achieve remarkable fuel consumption figures predicted to be in the region of 31mpg. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Porsche Michelin Porsche Panamera.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

We’re just a week away from the start of the Frankfurt Motor Show – and now Porsche has revealed its plans for the motoring showcase. It will introduce the new 911 Carrera at the event – with fuel consumption and emissions to be slashed by 16 per cent when compared with its predecessor. The vehicle [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Porsche has announced yet another hybrid model set to debut in Geneva next month. The Panamera S Hybrid is to become Porsche’s most economical and low emission car yet, as the model prepares for its market release in June. The hybrid has emissions of just 159g/km CO2 and fuel consumption of around 49.4

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Not the Professional MotorSport World Expo Awards, which has given the ground-breaking Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid two awards this year. Proving that even in the high performance world of motorsport, hybrid technology is capable of delivering all the drive with less of the emissions, the Porsche 911 GT3 [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

With more than a quarter of a million vehicles sold since its launch six years ago, the Porsche Cayenne is one of the few success stories in the modern era. Now, Porsche is working on a Cayenne Hybrid which it hopes will lead its emergence in the high performance green car sector. It accelerates from 0-62mph in 6.8

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2010

Following hot on the heels of Porsche’s confirmation of its all-electric Boxster trials is the news that their spectacular hybrid the 918 Spyder will be developed in limited numbers for road use. The mid-engined plug-in hybrid has CO2 emissions of just 70g/km with a corresponding fuel consumption of a staggering 94.1mpg.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 21, 2011

Proof that green cars aren’t boring-the Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid is now available to order. Set to be one of the lowest emission cars ever, this new model isn’t just green by sports car standards, it’s really green-with emissions as staggeringly low as 70g/km CO2.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 14, 2009

With emissions from 310g/km of CO2, the Porsche Cayenne is probably one of the last cars you would ever label as ‘green’. Tags: Electric cars Porsche cayenne Copenhagen electric summit. But at the Copenhagen climate summit, the Cayenne proved otherwise.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

EUCAR is calling for several priority automotive R&I initiatives in the following domains to be included in Horizon 2020 (as outlined in its position paper): A European Green Vehicles Initiative (EGVI), as successor to the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI) which has been operating under FP7 since 2009.The

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Last week, Porsche’s new Panamera SE-Hybrid became the most expensive car so far to qualify for the Office for Low Emission Vehicle’s (OLEV) consumer Plug-in Car Grants (PiCG) worth up to £5,000. Electric cars Hybrid cars Porsche The Green Piece'

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

The Volkswagen brand is responsible for the MQB; the Audi brand for the MLB; and Porsche for the MSB (which is sporty). There is also an Offroad mode (permanent all-wheel drive), EV mode (driving with zero emissions), and a Charge mode (battery charging). Click to enlarge. Shifter and drive mode buttons in the CrossBlue Coupé.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 11, 2009

The future is green for Tesla Motors and its partner Daimler AG, as they plan to launch two plug-in electric vehicles in the near future. In an interview with the Green Car Advisor , Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Musk also said that Tesla would be replacing its current generation Roadster with a larger, four-seat sports car in 2013.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 8, 2010

Ferrari, Lotus or Porsche: close your eyes and picture a vehicle from any of those world-famous manufacturers and you’re likely to envision a dream car with sleek lines, an eye-catching body and incredible power. Fuel efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to creep into the fantasy image.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

l/100 km) with CO 2 emissions of 21 g/km and an all-electric range of 31 miles (50 km) as well as a total range of 310 miles (499 km). Even a sportscar like the Porsche Boxster is 5.1 The already complex control strategy is made even more complex by the requirements of the diesel engine, as well as emissions control (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). The car becomes intelligent as well. Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

The problem in the case of hybrid cars however, is that their emissions vary widely. DRIVe with start/stop technology (pictured below) emits a mere 104g/km of CO2 and was recently named as the What Car? Green Car of the Year. The cars with the lowest emissions – say below 100g/km – could be charge-free.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 29, 2023. 2022 Audi E-Tron GT Audi and Porsche are playing it safe with a better mobile charging cable for EV and PHEV models. What do you need to ask the dealership if buying an EV after the new year? big cities too?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

The announcement is specifically for VW-branded vehicles and does not apply to other brands in the VW portfolio (Audi, Porsche, SEAT, Bentley, etc.). FedEx to Electrify Entire Parcel Pickup and Delivery Fleet by 2040 – By 2040, the entire FedEx parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet will be zero–emission electric vehicles.

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