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2025 Porsche Taycan: More range, 18-minute charging, 2.3-second 0-60

Baua Electric

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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2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid: First Drive

Green Car Reports

Porsche isn''t the first name in hybrids, or even in green cars. The 918''s 887-horsepower rating and 0-60 mph in 2.8 But the company is leveraging its depth of engineering knowledge to move forward in the field rather quicker than a small company should. seconds.'

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Volkswagen Group brings new Audi and Porsche EV concepts, Volkswagen PHEV concept to Frankfurt; 20 more plug-ins by 2020

Green Car Congress

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). Porsche Mission E. Porsche is a front-runner in introducing innovative 800-volt technology for the first time.

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Stellantis CEO claims quicker EV acceleration is a safety feature

Baua Electric

Stellantis last week detailed its STLA Large platform , which the automaker claims can house powertrains capable of hurling an EV from 0-60 mph in 2.0 Porsche engineers told Green Car Reports at one point that had they engineered the 800-volt Taycan for range above performance, they could have achieved a much higher range.

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Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé plug-in makes its European debut; showcasing the MQB

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen brand is responsible for the MQB; the Audi brand for the MLB; and Porsche for the MSB (which is sporty). With acceleration from 0 to 62 mph in 5.9 seconds, and a top speed of 147 mph (237 km/h), the CrossBlue Coupé has a combined fuel consumption of 79 mpg (3.0 Click to enlarge. In boosting—i.e.,

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

Creative Greenius

In addition to Creative Greenius you’ll find these great EV Driven blogs: DIY Electric Car. Electric Car Blog. Electric Cars are for Girls. Green Car Congress. Green Gearhead. My Green Wheels. Plugs and Cars. Porsche 914 EV Conversion. Revenge of the Electric Car.

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

Green Car Congress

Dr. Hackenberg, the first-generation modular longitudinal matrix was used in 2007 for the A5, followed by the A4, A6, A7 Sportback, A8, Q5 and Q7 as well as the Porsche Macan. These [electric] cars are able to be produced in the existing factories. mph), they direct the flow of air to improve flow around and through the car.

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