Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Porsche reveals a new generation of 800-volt EV tech in the Macan SUV. Biden’s national EV charging network is up and running in Ohio. And if you don’t need a lot of range, Hyundai’s repositioning of the Kona Electric might make a lot of sense. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2024

For years, the possibility of a hybridized Porsche 911 has been the topic of much discussion among enthusiasts. Others believed the potential performance gains associated with hybridization were too lofty to ignore, often citing the legendary Porsche 918 as proof. Documents stipulate that the model (currently coded as the Porsche 992.2)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) has entered an agreement with Electrify America, LLC to provide the first all-electric Porsche, the Taycan, with three years of charging at Electrify America public stations across the country. This charging benefit will be included in the price of the Taycan.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Porsche has formally unveiled the new Taycan. A look at the new vehicles’ specs and features suggests that Porsche’s comments are accurate. Credit: Porsche AG A look at the refreshed Taycan would reveal some exterior changes that Porsche has rolled out to the vehicle.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Porsche appears to be keeping all that’s great about its leading-edge Taycan electric sports car, while teasing out more of the numbers that matter: range, efficiency, and acceleration. The 2025 Porsche Taycan starts with a larger battery pack. The top Turbo S can now get to 60 mph in 2.3

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Teslarati

MAY 25, 2021

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) told Teslarati earlier today that it is investigating 2020 and 2021 Porsche Taycan models for 12-volt battery issues that are leading to a “loss of motive power,” according to an Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) Resume document.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

In addition to the two top models, the hybrid range from Porsche now includes the new Cayenne E-Hybrid Coupé with system power of 340 kW (462 PS; Fuel consumption combined 3.2–3.1 Porsche has taken this boost strategy from the 918 Spyder super sports car. The high-voltage battery can be fully charged within 2.4 l/100 km (60.3-63.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2017

Porsche opened its new technology center in Berlin-Adlershof. The new site features a 25-meter-high solar pylon that generates up to 30,000 kWh of electricity annually and covers the entire annual demand of the new Porsche Center. Liquid-cooled, 800V 350 kW fast-charging is also installed on the premises. Porsche solar pylon.

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EV Central

JANUARY 21, 2024

Porsche has begun building the anticipation for the launch of the all-new battery-electric Porsche Macan on January 25. READ MORE: Porsche Macan EVs hit the road ahead of 2023 arrival READ MORE: 2022 Porsche Macan EV revealed? 2024 Porsche Macan EV prototype test. 2024 Porsche Macan EV prototype test.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When it was announced, the Porsche Taycan’s 800-volt infrastructure and up to 350-kw charging capacity was far ahead of competitors. Since then, automakers such as Tesla have announced similar charging rates for their cars and Porsche dealers—plus.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla may consider adopting an 800-volt architecture for the Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. While taking questions from shareholders, Tesla executives were asked why the company does not adopt an 800-volt architecture for its cars. Tesla’s rivals like Porsche have adopted such a system for the Taycan.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Tesla Cybertruck will equip an 800-volt architecture when it begins deliveries on November 30, an announcement that is still fresh from the company’s Earnings Call earlier this week. For EV newbies, the 800-volt architecture may not be much of a head-turner. What are the strengths of an 800-volt architecture?

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 29, 2019

As Porsche is finding out with its Taycan electric car, it’s not always easy being the first—or the fastest.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Porsche has shown off its electric GT4 ePerformance racecar at an ice track race in Sweden. As a leader in vehicles that put a smile on your face, Porsche is under distinct pressure to bring that same excitement and joy to the EV transition, and it’s clear that it intends to do just that.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, Porsche presented the Mission E Cross Turismo, a concept study of an electrically-powered “Cross-Utility Vehicle.” The road-ready Mission E Cross Turismo is a continuation of the Mission E study that Porsche presented at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) in 2015. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2021

Porsche announced earlier today in a press release that the all-electric Macan has started real-world testing, beginning one of the most important milestones in automotive development. Michael Steiner with the Porsche Maycan prototypes. Credit: Porsche). The Macan EV has been in development for about two years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

Porsche has built “3 figures worth” of prototypes of the upcoming 600 hp electric Taycan sports car (formerly known as Mission E earlier post ), which is due to be released next year. Porsche is currently projecting roughly 20,000 units per year—approximately two-thirds of the current sales figures for the 911.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Porsche reports that around 60% of all new Panamera models that have been delivered in Europe were equipped with a hybrid drive. Electromobility is the future ,” Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG, said at a presentation of the new Panamera plug-in hybrid models. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2023

The ZF EVbeat concept vehicle is based on a Porsche Taycan and takes leading series technology from ZF and other market players as a benchmark. The EVSys800 used in the concept is a modular 800-volt drive and consists of SiC power electronics, the electric motor and a reduction gearbox. EVSys800 e-drive.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 31, 2017

Porsche has big plans to expand the capability of the Combined Charging System (CCS) DC standard into much higher voltages to allow much faster electric-car charging. Now, it's completed a first step: at the brand's new branch office in Berlin-Adlershof, Porsche has installed a prototype 350-kilowatt, 800-volt charging station.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

The newly introduced 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid makes significant advancements over both the standard Cayenne and the preceding Cayenne S E-Hybrid ( earlier post ) it replaces, including more power, quicker acceleration, a faster top speed, and increased electric-only range. Earlier post.) Acceleration from zero to 60 mph happens in 4.7

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2018

Automakers look ahead to the day when fast-charging changes the electric-car landscape. Many have debated and some have announced 800-volt electric cars, especially Porsche, with forthcoming versions of its Taycan electric car.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2022

Some automakers keep trying to soothe it with ever-larger and heavier battery packs, so that consumers can go farther between charges. But their ability to charge to 80 percent capacity in as little as 18 minutes shows how EVs might circumvent the problem of battery overkill and still be fully viable as interstate cruisers.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

On Sunday, Porsche shared more details about the Macan Electric, a new electric vehicle that will be built on a new platform, the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). Porsche co-developed the PPE platform with Audi. The new Macan EV and a few details were announced at the Porsche Experience Center in Franciacorta, Italy.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2019

On the road to putting its first electric car into production, Porsche ran the Taycan for 24 hours straight at Italy's Nardo test circuit. The test primarily demonstrated the capability of the Taycan's new 800-volt charging system.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Today, we have details on the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas SUV, Tesla is rated poorly on reliability by Consumer Reports, and why Porsche's 800-volt charging system for electric cars could prove significant. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2018.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Hyundai and Kia announced Monday that they are investing in Ionity, Europe's 350-kilowatt charging network. They will join BMW Group, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen/Porsche in expanding charging station availability for vehicles with 800 volt on-board systems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The supervisory board of Porsche AG today has greenlighted the Mission E—the first 100% electric Porsche. Along with the Mission E project, Porsche will invest around €700 million in its main site in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche AG. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

Porsche has introduced the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car, the first of six or more plug-in hybrids coming from the Volkswagen Group. Porsche had unveiled the concept version of the 918 Spyder Plug-in Hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. The 918 Spyder. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

With an electric drive and quick-charging technology from Audi’s PPE modular system, the Audi activesphere offers a range of more than 600 km, and extremely fast charging times due to 800-volt technology. It is being developed under Audi’s leadership together with Porsche AG.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Volkswagen’s Cariad software division has been a mess for quite a while, and its dysfunction has caused the delay of some highly anticipated vehicle launches, including the Porsche Macan. All-electric models such as the Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron could see delays of up to 18 weeks waiting on version 1.2

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2020

starting mid-2021, is far from a mirror image of the Porsche Taycan. The GT, which was shown in near-production concept form back in 2018, will share its very fast charging and 800-volt architecture, battery technology, and other pieces of its engineering pedigree with the.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2023

The Southern California company is looking to speed things up again—this time with record-setting charging stops. Faster pit stops could also help unlock sales for electric two-wheelers, which have been slow to catch on due to dawdling charge times and limited riding range.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The German FastCharge project, inaugurated in July 2016, is investigating the limits of fast charging systems for the future. Porsche AG and Siemens AG. The charging time of electric vehicles depends primarily on current and voltage: the higher the voltage and amperage, the faster the battery can be filled. million (US$9.3

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 29, 2023

To put these startling developments in context, Charged interviewed more than a dozen executives, engineers and analysts from automakers, DC fast charging network operators, charging hardware firms and other businesses. In other words, Tesla is already familiar with charging via CCS protocols—via a different connector.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The future of electric cars for practical transportation relies to some degree on the future of DC fast charging, and how it develops over the next decade. As in other spheres of electrifying transport, Tesla Motors has pointed the way to one vision of the future with its expanding network of Supercharger fast-charging sites.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). The Combined Charging System (CCS) enables charging with DC or AC electrical current. Porsche Mission E.

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