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New Formula E Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 celebrates world premiere

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With the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, Porsche heads into a new era of Formula E. The electric racing car, which underwent an evolution in the Porsche Development Centre in Weissach, celebrated its world premiere in the Porsche Experience Center in Franciacorta, Italy.

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Jake Dennis Victorious At Formula E Opener In Mexico City

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Jake Dennis of Avalanche Andretti won the 2023 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix with an utterly dominant drive, moving from second place to first. He was followed by Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and Mahindra Racing’s Lucas di Grassi in the first race of Formula E’s new GEN3 era.

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Porsche dominates Formula E’s first races

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Porsche and Porsche-powered teams have quickly dominated in the first two races of the Formula E calendar. TAG Heuer Porsche driver, Pascal Wehrlein, took first place in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, yesterday, following a nail-biting second-place finish in Mexico City two weeks ago. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. PCNA) has enrolled all cars at its two Experience Centers—sand its fleet in the monthly subscription pilot, Porsche Passport—sin Porsche Impact. Porsche customers can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support. How much does it cost?

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Porsche launches carbon offsetting program for US drivers

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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. PCNA) has launched Porsche Impact , an online tool that links individual CO 2 emissions to specific climate projects. The program is available to US customers after PCNA earlier this year enrolled its own Porsche Experience Center cars and its Porsche Passport subscription fleet.

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Audi first car manufacturer to introduce second-generation prelube oils; start with Q6 e-tron electric SUV in 2022

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Extrapolated to all steel components that Audi machines at its production locations in Europe and Mexico, this offers incredible savings potential of around 40 metric tonnes of oil every year compared with the same period in 2018. For the reinforcement frame of the roof of the Audi A4, for example, just 2.7 grams of conventional oil.

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Volkswagen of America hires Tesla Model S, X program manager to steer objectives for MEB EV line

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Volkswagen introduced the Volkswagen North American Region (NAR) in 2016; NAR operates under a board structure responsible for aligning all regional activities of the brand throughout Canada, Mexico and the United States, including sales and marketing, product development, procurement, human resources, quality, communication, IT and production.

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