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New engines in Porsche 911 Carrera boost power and torque; almost 12% more efficient

Green Car Congress

The new Porsche 911 Carrera features a set of new engines that increase power and torque while also decreasing fuel consumption. For unlimited everyday practicality Porsche offers a hydraulic lift system with integrated lifting cylinders in the struts of the front axle. In both cases this represents a power increase of 20 hp (15 kW).

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Hands-on: Ford debuts new in-car digital platform with dual-screen Apple Maps via CarPlay – 9to5Mac

Baua Electric

There’s integrated Google Maps, access to apps via Google Play, built-in Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, and built-in gaming support with apps like Asphalt Nitro 2. In the Nautilus, the second-screen Apple Maps interface takes the place of the built-in Google Maps interface in the car’s panoramic display.

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Tesla Prepping IPO

Revenge of the Electric Car

The person did not give a specific time frame, although IPOs typically take several months. The Roadster, which is built on a Lotus frame, can go from 0 to 60 miles an hour in less than four seconds, making it faster than a Porsche 911 or a Ferrari Spider. Tesla’s investors include Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

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Opinions and Rants

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The technical support person at Iota was extremely responsive and provided accurate information. This is a Porsche for __'s sake! There are many from the 914ev Google group to the 914club.com and 914world.com groups as well as the EVDL. Out of sheer immature emotional spite, I don't want to see another CCPower DC-DC in my EV.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

My personal criteria for an EV is 80/80 MPH/miles range, but thats because drivers either go 80 or stopped around here. As far as quick, Id give my left nut to own a Wrightspeed EV, so I could (quietly) blow the doors off Porsches and Ferraris. market b y the end of 2009.

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Volvo reveals EX90 EV, here in 2024

EV Central

Porsche asks between $158,000 – $351,000 for its Taycan EV , and queues for it are out the door and around the corner. But Porsche has an obsessive buyer type and its combustion cars are priced similarly or greater… there’s nothing in Volvo’s current inventory getting close to $170,000.

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