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Porsche and Boeing to partner on premium urban air mobility market; electric VTOL concept

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Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. Porsche is looking to enhance its scope as a sports car manufacturer by becoming a leading brand for premium mobility. Porsche, will implement and test a prototype.

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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company

The Truth About Cars

President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Kjell Gruner, has left the company. The former Porsche AG chief marketing officer took the wheel to oversee our region less than three years ago and has reportedly made an abrupt exodus.& Gruner joined Porsche in 1999 from Boston Consulting Group.

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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Specifically, cumulative sales through the end of 2021 were: 663,014 BEV (62.9%). For sales in 2021 only, the shares were: 183,933 BEV (73.5%). From CEC New ZEV Sales dashboard. Porsche: 2,350 Taycan (1.3% ). 379,125 PHEV (36% ). 11,956 FCEV (1.1%). 63,141 PHEV (25.2%). 3,205 FCEV (1.3%). Nissan: 4,192 LEAF (2.3%).

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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Michael Mauer will lead Group Design in addition to his present function at Porsche. He has been Head of the Design Department at Porsche AG since 2004 and was also given responsibility for styling the 2007 Porsche Cayenne, the Panamera and the 918 Spyder.

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Porsche sells 320,221 cars in 2023, Cayenne is best-selling product | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Porsche has announced total sales of 320,221 cars over the past 12 months. Even in times of global economic uncertainty, our brand remains desirable and exclusive,” says Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. That’s three percent more than in 2022’s 309,884 units.

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Tesla inventory volumes in Europe indicate potential upcoming price cut

Teslarati

The revelation regarding Tesla’s European inventory spike was posted on Twitter by Troy Teslike , who tracks Tesla sales and production. Here is a chart that shows Tesla’s inventory in Europe over time (cars listed for sale on Tesla’s website): [link] Supply is not an issue anymore.

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2021 US EV Sales Scoreboard: RAV4 Prime and Mustang Mach-E Are The Top-Selling Non-Tesla EVs

EV Adoption

The Tesla Model Y and Model 3 of course far outsold any other EV models in the US, however since Tesla neither breaks out deliveries by market or individual model (the company reports global deliveries each for the combined Model 3/Y and S/X models) we can only estimate their sales.

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