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2024 Porsche 911 Hybrid shatters Nurburgring record ahead of May 28 launch

EV Central

Porsche has revealed more details about the first hybrid version of its iconic 911 sports car at the same time as it released official pictures of its lightly-disguised 992.2-series series 2025 Porsche 911 ahead of its May 28 debut. 2024 Porsche 911 Hybrid. 2024 Porsche 911 Hybrid. seconds faster than the current 911 GTS.

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Critical new 2024 Porsche Macan EV days away from global reveal and just months from Aussie launch

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Porsche has begun building the anticipation for the launch of the all-new battery-electric Porsche Macan on January 25. READ MORE: Porsche Macan EVs hit the road ahead of 2023 arrival READ MORE: 2022 Porsche Macan EV revealed? 2024 Porsche Macan EV prototype test. 2024 Porsche Macan EV prototype test.

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The next generation of the Porsche Macan compact SUV will be fully electric

Green Car Congress

The Supervisory Board of Porsche AG has decided to manufacture the next generation of the Macan as a fully electric series. This will be the first all-electric compact SUV from Porsche, and is due to roll off the assembly line in the Leipzig site at the start of the next decade. Current generation Macan.

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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

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It delivers the feels, is a technological tour de force and is the first EV I’ve driven that comes close to the emotionally-involving experience of a performance petrol car. It’s over double the price of the highest-spec petrol-powered Hyundai i30N: a seriously good value benchmark hot hatch. Okay, it costs $111,000.

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Lotus claims it will be first pure EV sports car brand

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German giant Porsche is pushing hard on EVs, with the Taycan already on sale and the next Macan SUV set to go electric. Porsche has also committed to transitioning the two-door 718 Boxster and Cayman sports cars to electric by mid-decade. At this point it’s a hard claim to argue with. 2022 Lotus Evija hypercar.

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Polestar 5 breaks cover with supercar power and 800V EV architecture

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Polestar has given its first glimpse and details of the upcoming Polestar 5, a four-door GT that plans to put Porsche on notice in the emerging EV performance car space. It is being driven in demonstration runs at this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed ahead of a planned global launch in 2024.

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price.

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