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Porsche Declares 911 Hybrid Development Successful

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The Porsche 911 has been the company’s most-iconic model since the 1960s and fans have historically been adamantly against the manufacturer tampering with the recipe. However, Porsche says development has completed and that the resulting product is a complete success. Porsche has definitely enjoyed some amount of success with hybrids.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

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.& With this in mind, Porsche’s CFO was recently quoted as saying European combustion bans will probably need to be delayed and there’s good reason to believe him.& However, Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke was quoted by Automotive News on Thursday casting some doubts.&

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

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With the average vehicle now older than ever before and fewer people capable of spending the kind of money required to purchase a brand-new automobile, maintenance has become even more relevant. But that was nothing when we took time to examine Porsche and Land Rover.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. Unfortunately, these kits are for much older vehicles like the Porsche 914 and the VW Rabbit.

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Going back to CAMP914

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I drove the electric 914 back out to Camp914 where I originally purchased the car and drove it away as a gasoline vehicle. Camp 914 is a fun place with many 914s as well as other Porsches and classic cars. The 914ev blog might be winding down as I put more time and energy into the open-source project with its own blog.

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New Tranny Fluid, Battery Filler and EV Toolbox

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

To help with the situation, I ran out to Fred Meyer and purchased a one-gallon pressurized garden sprayer. I also purchased a plastic toolbox for the trunk filled with most of the stuff I listed in this prior blog entry , just in case I had problems out on the road.

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Lamborghini Developing Active Camber And Toe System

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That’s perfectly acceptable on the kinds of automobiles that cost as much as a house and are purchased by individuals with massive disposable incomes. The results, based on our drive in a Lamborghini Huracán development mule at Porsche's Nardò test track in Italy, are deeply impressive.