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Porsche 911: the iconic sports car to get hybrid tech soon. Check details

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 13 Mar 2024, 11:48 AM After years of development and testing, the hybrid 911 will mark Porsche's first foray into hybridising its iconic sports car. Drawing inspiration fro … After years of development and testing, the hybrid 911 will mark Porsche’s first foray into hybridising its iconic sports car.

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Porsche secures third straight FIA WEC Manufacturers’ World Championship title with the 919 Hybrid

Green Car Congress

Porsche has earned a third consecutive Manufacturers’ World Championship title with the 919 Hybrid. The Porsche 919 Hybrid has netted six world championships, three outright Le Mans wins, a total of 17 race wins including seven double victories, 19 pole positions and twelve fastest race laps from 33 races. Season 2017 Porsche LMP team.

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2024 Porsche Macan review: First drive of one of the most important new electric cars of the year

EV Central

The Porsche Macan is a whole lot more than just another fast SUV. Let me explain… The Macan is Porsche’s top selling car, accounting for about half of the brand’s sales in Australia. Distinguished by its fake air vents on the sides of the rear bumper, the Porsche Macan Turbo makes up to 470kW and 1130Nm and gets to 100km/h in 3.3

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. But one thing is for sure, Stellantis better be quick.

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Lamborghini LB744 supercar gets three-motor PHEV … with a V12

EV Central

That suggests Lamborghini sees a prosperous future for the V12 despite the imminent banning of petrol-burning ICE in some parts of the world. Porsche and Audi are investing in the development of e-fuels; for Porsche it gives it a way to keep the 911’s iconic six-cylinder powerplant while hitting the all-important CO2 requirements.

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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric

Drive Electric analysis done in March showed the reduction in emissions of vehicles imported since the policy came into effect will save more than 2m tonnes of emissions over the lives of those vehicles, and $100m a year in petrol and diesel. We are an independent, apolitical voice which is energy agnostic. There’s more to do.

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Williams hybrid powers Porsche

Green Cars News

A Williams Hybrid Power flywheel energy storage unit is at the heart of the new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The vehicle recently completed the 1,000km of Zhuhai in China ahead of all other GT cars with fewer stops for petrol. This is largely thanks to the storage unit which includes Williams’ patented Magnetically Loaded [.].

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