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Insane Collection of White Porsches Sells for $30 Million

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An expansive, strange collection of all-white Porsche products and memorabilia has sold for a total of $30.5 Listed by RM Sotheby's as “ The White Collection ” several months ago, the Texas-based hoard has been framed as mysterious with an owner who likes to stay out of the limelight.

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Porsche Taycan outsells all ICE cars in Norway, EVs take 83.7% market share in Jan.

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More Porsche Taycans were sold in Norway than internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars in January 2022. Porsche sold 185 vehicles in total last month. There were 181 Porsche Taycans sold in January 2022, making up 98% of the legacy sports car maker’s sales in Norway. Credit: Porsche). market share. market share in Jan.

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Tesla beefs up India executive team with Porsche alumnus

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Samir Jain, who previously worked for Porsche, will assume the position of “Lead Aftersales – Regional Service Manager – India,” according to his LinkedIn page. He was earlier Head of Aftersales at Porsche India and also responsible for Porsche BEV Rollout. New Tesla India Hiring Alert*.

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Elon Musk: Other carmakers “much closer” to bankruptcy than they realize

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While Musk supported non-Tesla electric cars like the Porsche Taycan and the Ford Mustang Mach-E before, he has shared his reservations about the state of other automakers in the past. Much closer than they realize — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2022. These include newcomers in the EV sector, such as Lucid Motors. .

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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Credit: Bloomberg During the same period of time, Tesla has expanded significantly with the addition of new production facilities in Austin, Texas, within the U.S., Since taking over and retaining his title as head of Porsche , Blume has managed new partnerships and hopes to fix issues at Cariad, the automaker’s in-house software developer.

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Rivian R1T gets torture tested with towing through California

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Powell used Motortrend ‘s own 2022 Rivian R1T Launch Edition to tow a Porsche Cayman GT4 from Los Angeles to the Buttonwillow Raceway Park in the Central Valley. Recent reports from a supplier suggested that the Cybertruck could be delayed , and Giga Texas paused its assembly line for the futuristic truck earlier this week for upgrades.

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That Was the Year That Was

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Volvo, Lucid, Porsche and Jaguar had low sales while Mini, Genesis, Toyota and Subaru were just beginning their sales. The scenario was playing out as expected as EV sales became normalized in many places around the globe, including the state’s of California, Washington, Florida and Texas in the U.S. . Looking to 2023.

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