Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. Toyota engineers completed an investigation of the 2008 Prius driven by James Sikes that was the subject of a 911 emergency call on Monday, 8 March. In addition, they retraced the reported driving route taking into account driving time and accounts from the 911 recording.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 3, 2010

Forget a one-two punch – it’s a hat-trick of hybrids for Porsche at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Having already introduced the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid with flywheel KERS (see article) and the Cayenne S Hybrid (see article), now the company has revealed a plug-in hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept car.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Anticipation for March’s Geneva Motor Show is building, and now Porsche has announced that it too will debut a hybrid car at the event. The Porsche 911 GT3 R hybrid for production-based GT racing will be showcased with its flywheel energy recovery system that was developed by Williams Hybrid Power initially for Formula One racing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

In addition to introducing the flywheel KERS equipped 911 GT3 R hybrid for production-based GT racing ( earlier post ) and the Cayenne S Hybrid ( earlier post ) at the Geneva Motor Show, Porsche unveiled the plug-in hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept car. Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins. Click to enlarge. L/100 kilometers (78.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2009

The Awards, which are judged by 65 motoring journalists from 32 countries across four continents, also rewarded a variety of other manufacturers for engine excellence in a number of different categories. liter flat-six (911). Tags: Brief. Mercedes-Benz took three category wins, with the 2.1-liter Volkswagen 1.4-liter

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

‘Starting Wednesday, the 2010 Roadster, which competes against exotic sport cars like the Porsche 911, will be available on a three-year, 30,000-mile lease based on the manufacturer’s price of $111,005, Tesla said. Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. General Motors Co.’s Tags: EV Economics Tesla.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. electric-car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. Tags: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Smart charging Telematics. Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co.

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EV Central

APRIL 27, 2024

It doesn’t sell in quite the numbers of the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC, but it puts up a solid fight – especially considering it generally sells with price tags higher than all of those. Porsche Macan 4 gets two electric motors making 300kW/650Nm; 0-100km/h in 5.2 inch curved instrument cluster and 10.9-inch

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. In fact, the latest sales figures show the Porsche Taycan outselling not only the venerable 911, but also the Panamera. Road Test: Ford Mustang Mach-E ; News: Ford Introduces the E-Transit.

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EV Central

JANUARY 29, 2023

But you could pay tens if not hundreds of thousands more for the performance it delivers from its 430kW/740Nm dual electric motors (incidentally, for the performance enthusiasts, those outputs are identical to that of the HSV GTS that used a 6.2-litre The front e-motor adds 160kW and 350Nm. secs (a lot quicker than any HSV!).

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. litre four-cylinder teamed to an electric motor to make a 180kW PHEV good for up to 55km on electricity.

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