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Budget relief! Porsche planning more affordable Macan EV … but it will still cost heaps

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If you’ve been a bit gobsmacked by the rise in price of the new Porsche Macan EV compared to its ICE predecessor, we’ve got a good news/bad news story for you. READ MORE: Porsche Mission X: A deep dive inside the first mid-motored EV with the guy who created it READ MORE: Porsche Taycan GT: We warned you it was gonna be crazy … and it is!

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Porsche and Boeing to partner on premium urban air mobility market; electric VTOL concept

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Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. Porsche is looking to enhance its scope as a sports car manufacturer by becoming a leading brand for premium mobility. Porsche, will implement and test a prototype.

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Volkswagen Group nearly doubles BEV deliveries in 2021 to 452,900 units; 5.1% of total deliveries

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Volkswagen drove forward its transformation into a sustainable, software-centric mobility group in 2021 and approximately doubled its deliveries of battery-electric vehicles (BEV) year-on-year to 452,900 units. As forecast, the global semiconductor shortage led to a slight decrease of 4.5% Porsche Taycan (incl. 4: 119,600.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. in North America between 2014 and 2022, according to data from Navigant Research’s Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts report.

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IDTechEx: we need fast, reliable and ubiquitous public charging stations

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OEMs are working on extending the charging rate up to 3 C (or even beyond) by using optimized cell cooling to allow higher power charging for the car battery at fast chargers. IDTechEx forecasts that most of the new DC charging installations will be in the 100+ kW power classes.

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Polestar’s plan to survive and thrive: How an idiosyncratic EV start-up will carve its place in the electric space

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China is firing up with a barrage of brands set to infiltrate Australia – Leapmotor, Xpeng, Zeekr, Lynk & Co among them – and relative newcomers such as BYD, Chery and GWM are forecasting big sales growth as more EVs head our way. READ MORE: Battery breakthrough! Polestar … the future is no bed of roses.

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Audi boosting investments in future vehicle projects to 2026 to €37B, €18B for electrification and hybridization alone

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Second-life lithium-ion batteries taken from dismantled development vehicles function as energy storage systems, and photovoltaic modules on the roof provide additional green energy. The Volkswagen Group, along with Audi and Porsche, is a founding member of IONITY and has been a joint venture partner from the very beginning.

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