Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2010

Following hot on the heels of Porsche’s confirmation of its all-electric Boxster trials is the news that their spectacular hybrid the 918 Spyder will be developed in limited numbers for road use. The mid-engined plug-in hybrid has CO2 emissions of just 70g/km with a corresponding fuel consumption of a staggering 94.1mpg.

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2023

“The tech is there, and you could mix regular fuels with e-fuels to reduce CO2, but our view is there would be no chance in the foreseeable future to reach net zero within an acceptable time scale.” ” Porsche, at the alternative hand, invested $75 million in an organization that produces e-fuels in Chile.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

We will be systematically aligning production and other stages in the value chain to CO2 neutrality in the coming years. Compensate for remaining emissions that cannot be avoided. The first of the new-generation electric vehicles go into production this year: the AUDI e-tron will be followed by the Porsche Taycan.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Porsche has announced yet another hybrid model set to debut in Geneva next month. The Panamera S Hybrid is to become Porsche’s most economical and low emission car yet, as the model prepares for its market release in June. The hybrid has emissions of just 159g/km CO2 and fuel consumption of around 49.4

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Green Cars News

MARCH 21, 2011

Proof that green cars aren’t boring-the Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid is now available to order. Set to be one of the lowest emission cars ever, this new model isn’t just green by sports car standards, it’s really green-with emissions as staggeringly low as 70g/km CO2.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 14, 2009

With emissions from 310g/km of CO2, the Porsche Cayenne is probably one of the last cars you would ever label as ‘green’. Tags: Electric cars Porsche cayenne Copenhagen electric summit. But at the Copenhagen climate summit, the Cayenne proved otherwise.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From there, Wolfspeed and ZF would be able to quickly and efficiently meet the demand for EV chips of Porsche in Stuttgart, BMW in Bavaria, and Mercedes in central Germany. Saarland, a German state located on the border with France, will reportedly be the home of the upcoming fabrication location.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

Currently, Volkswagen has 5 hybrids in production—the VW Touareg, the Porsche Cayenne S, the Audi Q5, the Porsche Panamera S and the VW Jetta—with the hybrid versions of the Audi A6 and A8 on the way, Schmidt noted, adding: In Europe first we launch the two BEVs, the up! We will launch the Porsche 918 [plug-in hybrid].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

With more than a quarter of a million vehicles sold since its launch six years ago, the Porsche Cayenne is one of the few success stories in the modern era. Now, Porsche is working on a Cayenne Hybrid which it hopes will lead its emergence in the high performance green car sector. It accelerates from 0-62mph in 6.8

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Speaking of Dinosaurs.the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was 3rd last month, with 202 deliveries, while in #8 we have two surprising models, with the Ford Kuga PHEV delivering 117 units, so it seems Ford's SUV deliveries are starting to recover, while the Porsche Cayenne PHEV had its best score since December 2015, also with 117 registrations.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. There are many separate vehicle tax categories in Norway, from simple sales taxes (VAT), to NOx tax, CO2 tax, weight tax, and more. Furthermore, there are also increased taxes for combustion vehicles, most notably related to CO2 emissions.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

3 jumping to the podium for the first time, thanks to a record (and somewhat unexpected) 28.000 registrations in December, such high number could be related to the EU's CO2 emission compliance rules, so we will have to see if the German hatchback will be able to replicate this performance soon.Say, in March?

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 14, 2022

Low emission zones are where the real savings are to be had though – especially for businesses operating within the ULEZ in London, as the daily £12.50 That rapid blast of acceleration produces a grand total of 0g/km CO2 emissions. It doesn’t just stop at emissions though. Have a look at our Porsche Taycan , madam.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 25, 2021

With the #2 Porsche Taycan (2,209 units last month, a new record) accelerating its sales once again, the main interest layed on the 3rd spot, where the luxury van with windows Mercedes EQV (1,367 units) has managed to beat both flagship Teslas in December. Looking at December Top 5 Models: #1 Volkswagen ID.3 Something needs to be done.

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

The problem in the case of hybrid cars however, is that their emissions vary widely. Their outputs currently range from 89g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 219g/km of CO2. DRIVe with start/stop technology (pictured below) emits a mere 104g/km of CO2 and was recently named as the What Car? Its own S40 1.6

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2016

GKN Driveline has developed an eAxle module—derived from the technology used in cars such as the Porsche 918 Spyder and BMW i8—that will enable C-segment vehicles to offer buyers a plug-in hybrid option with improved performance and a reduction in CO2 emissions of more than 50%.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

There is significant cause vs. effect debate on CO2. The problem for the left is that NG is still a carbon based fuel (note: you are a carbon based lifeform and exhale 12 liters of CO2 a minute.). As far as quick, Id give my left nut to own a Wrightspeed EV, so I could (quietly) blow the doors off Porsches and Ferraris.

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