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Review: 2024 Lucid Air Sapphire sets a high bar, dresses down Plaid

Green Car Reports

The Porsche Taycan can be specced for 750 ponies. You can get over 800 hp in Rivian’s R1S SUV. If you haven’t noticed, there is a bit of a horsepower war going on with electric vehicles these days. Heck, the GMC Hummer EV delivers 1,000 horsepower.

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Review update: 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Turbo S E-Hybrid trolls coal

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That was my reaction when I first heard that the fastest Porsche SUV ever was also a plug-in hybrid with what Porsche claimed to be meaningful all-electric range. You’ve got to be kidding. To skeptics, this 670-horsepower machine with a 0-60 mph time of 3.6

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High-flier: Mercedes-AMG working on impossibly quick electric SUV with supercar-slaying performance

EV Central

According to Autocar , instead of a low-slung supercar Benz’s performance division all-new high-performance flagship will take the shape of a large SUV that will rival both the current BMW XM and Lotus Eletre, plus in the inbound Porsche K1 when it goes on sale in Australia in 2026. Mercedes-AMG EQE 53 SUV.

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2017 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid: review of plug-in hybrid SUV

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The Porsche Cayenne is the second best-selling vehicle in the German sports-car maker's North American lineup, as SUV sales swamp those of passenger cars at luxury brands. A considerable number of the pricey SUV models sold here have been the Cayenne S E-Hybrid plug-in hybrid variant: 1,316 out of 8,802 through August, for example.

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Game-changer! 2024 Porsche Macan EV delivers 911-beating acceleration and epic driving range

EV Central

Porsche’s all-electric Macan has reset the performance benchmark for the mid-sized SUV category with an all-electric line-up that blasts to 100km/h in as little as 3.3 The second generation of Porsche’s top selling vehicle rides on a new EV-only Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture to be shared with sister brand Audi.

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Power up: Refreshed Audi e-tron GT primed for Taycan upgrades as fast EV nears middle age

EV Central

Closely related to the recently refreshed Porsche Taycan, our first glimpse of a lightly disguised Audi e-tron GT seems to suggest that, visually, the German Tesla Model S alternative will receive subtle exterior tweaks that involve a redesigned front bumper, new grille, fresh aerodynamically optimised wheels and a bigger rear diffuser.

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Audi Q8 E-Tron review, Rivian range boost, Tesla discount, ID.4 price hike: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

How can Porsche Taycan owners cut their home charging time in half? The Audi E-Tron SUV and Sportback have been given a bigger battery, better. How is metal foil the fix for the latest fire-related Chevy Bolt EV recall?

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