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Used Car of the Day: 2008 Porsche Cayman S

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Today we give you a used 2008 Porsche Cayman S that costs more than many new cars. This two-owner car has the sport steering wheel, 19-inch wheels, heated seats, climate control, H&R springs, Cantrell exhaust, Kenwood stereo with Apple CarPlay and Bluetooth, and a BMC air filter. The seller has all maintenance records.

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Porsche delivering double-digit improvements in fuel economy across entire current model series

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Porsche is consistently targeting improving fuel economy with each model change. However, the new generations of the 911 and Boxster/Cayman sports car model series launched in 2008 also revealed savings of up to 16 and 15% respectively. In the sports cars with naturally aspirated engines, the vast majority of these reductions, 0.5

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

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Hot high-performance electric flagship Alfa Romeo SUV on way to battle Porsche Cayenne and BMW iX Better still, sodium-ion batteries (Tiamat prototyopes pictured top) are said to be faster to charge, safer to use, with much less chance of the catastrophic thermal runaway conventional batteries occasionally suffer.

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2023 electric car sales record led by Tesla, BYD and MG – but luxury brands are also doing plenty of EV heavy lifting

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percent EV) and Porsche (8.8 EVs coming to Australia in 2024: Polestar 4, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Kia EV5, Volvo EX30 and BYD ute Porsche will also unleash its EV-only next generation Macan SUV. Volvo was the highest, with 35.5 percent of its 11,128 sales EV. Hyundai’s luxury division also had 14.6 percent EV), Mini (12.9

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Williams F1 Acquires Majority Share in Williams Hybrid Power

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Williams F1’s original investment dates back to March 2008 when the company bought the minority share in Automotive Hybrid Power (subsequently re-named to WHP), a Norfolk-based provider of composite flywheels, when kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) were being introduced into Formula One. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. Like hiring Manfred Harrer from Porsche, who was Porsche’s VP of Chassis Development. News slowed between 2022 and this week.

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eRUF Stormster Electric SUV Debuts in Copenhagen

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RUF Automobile GmbH unveiled the Stormster, an electric SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne, for the European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, (COP 15). RUF introduced the first electric sports car (eRUF) from Germany in October 2008. The lithium-ion battery pack is supplied by Li-Tec Battery GmbH. The Stormster. Click to enlarge.

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