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Report: Chinese Buyers' Tastes May Drive Future Porsche Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

Creating vehicles from a blank slate is an enormously challenging task, but it’s also freeing to a degree because designers don’t have to bow to historical pressures that companies like Porsche are bound by. It's unclear if this realization will bleed over into Porsche’s product lines in other countries.

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Imported Audi, Porsche, and Bentley Models Held Back Over Forced Labor Allegations

The Truth About Cars

While the impacted automakers include Porsche, Bentley and Audi, we’ve seen plenty of brands being accused of leveraging forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, where the country is said to have forcibly concentrated the Uyghur ethnic minority. authorities could conduct a proper investigation. custom laws.

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BYD active suspension bows with dancing U9 electric sports car

Green Car Reports

Chinese automaker BYD recently demonstrated a new active suspension system for future EVs in dramatic fashion—with a jump. The system, formally known as the BYD DiSus Intelligent Body Control System, is similar to active suspension systems like Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control and Mercedes-Benz Magic Body Control.

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VW Team’s AV tool platform behind schedule till next key Audi, Porsche launches

Baua Electric

tool platform to marketplace in 2027 or 2028 next the launches of key pristine electrical fashions from Porsche and Audi. platform, which might be rolled out settingup upcoming week in top class all-electric fashions together with the Porsche e-Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron, Prominent Monetary Officer Arno Antlitz mentioned.

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Audi and FAW establishing new JV company for production of PPE-based EVs in China

Green Car Congress

Audi and FAW are forming a new new cooperation company for the future production of PPE-based electric vehicles in Changchun in the northeast of China. will assume responsibility for selling the Audi models produced locally by FAW-Volkswagen as well as Audi import vehicles and future cars produced at the joint PPE plant.

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Lotus is betting its future on the electric sports car, can it deliver?

Baua Electric

Securing Lotus’ financial future so it can build an EV sports car that’s actually fun and engaging to drive. Forget everything you know about Lotus or Chinese EVs — this looks and feels like a $100,000 product. For example, a new Porsche 911 S comes in slightly over that 1500 kg mark. The end goal? I’m not anymore.

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GWM Ora Sport on ice, but sleek high-performance EV could still get the tick of approval as a sporty rival to Tesla, BYD

EV Central

The sleek five-door with styling similarities to a Porsche Panamera is instead being put on ice as the fast-growing Chinese giant monitors the evolution of the local EV line-up. While he hasn’t ruled out bringing the Ora Sport down under in future, for now “it remains in the official under study basket”.

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