Porsche Plants A Big Wet Kiss On The Internal Combustion Engine

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:48:31 +0000

Plug-in hybrids are all the rage in the world of automobile manufacturing today. Porsche is one company planning to go the PHEV route.

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HONGQI & The Paris Motor Show, 40 More Hyper-Fast Chargers, Good News for High-Speed Rail & Wave Energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:25:14 +0000

Electrify Canada has added more than 40 individual Hyper-Fast chargers in Québec and Nova Scotia. The all-new Macan Electric is now part of the charging agreement between Electrify America and Porsche Cars North America, which has been extended. Owners of the Macan Electric will receive complimentary 30-minute charging sessions for … [continued]

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Second Life Concept: How Used Taycan Batteries Became An Energy Storage System for the Leipzig Plant

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 05:03:36 +0000

It’s the size of almost two basketball courts and consists of 4,400 battery modules: the new battery storage system to supply the Porsche Plant Leipzig with power. The extraordinary thing is that this stationary energy storage system was built out of used Taycan batteries. They were taken from pre­series and … [continued]

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EV Charging Initiatives in Vietnam & Utah, 1.5-GW Offshore Wind Farm — Cleantech News Roundup

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 02:08:46 +0000

The last few days have shown that EV charging is becoming the new normal, with progress being made on a daily basis, all throughout the world. As one example, Vietnam will be getting an extensive EV charging network courtesy of Porsche and Charge+. On the other side of the world, … [continued]

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Polyphase Wireless Power Transfer System Achieves 270-kilowatt Charge, Sets Another World Record for Electric Light-Duty Vehicles

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:44:03 +0000

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of America using the ORNL-developed polyphase wireless charging system. The achievement surpasses ORNL’s … [continued]

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Porsche Celebrates The Start Of Electromobility At Its Leipzig Factory

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 19:38:29 +0000

Tuesday, May 14, Porsche celebrated the official start of electromobility at its production site in Saxony. In recent years, the sports car manufacturer has invested around 600 million euros in expanding the factory in order to produce the electric Macan here. Additions to the factory have included a new body … [continued]

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Cadillac, Audi, & BMW Now Leading in Share of US Sales Being 100% Electric

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 18:00:27 +0000

Overall, the pure electric vehicle (EV, or BEV) share of US auto sales was 6.9% in the first quarter of 2024. EV sales increased slightly compared to the first quarter of 2023, but overall auto sales increased more, so EV market share dropped from 7% to 6.9% year over year. … [continued]

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Volkswagen Planning 30 Fully Electric Models For China By 2030

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:24:55 +0000

Volkswagen Group set out several years ago to be a leader in the transition to electric vehicles. Not everything has gone according to plan, but it’s been moving forward — to be honest, at quite a fast clip for a company of its size. Two of its electric vehicle (EV) … [continued]

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Tesla [TSLA] Still Worth More Than Toyota, Porsche, Mercedes, & Hyundai Combined

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:38:01 +0000

Tesla’s stock price and market cap are down considerably this year, on the back of slightly drooping sales (instead of 50% growth year over year), rumors of the more affordable Tesla being canceled, and a slow Cybertruck (and Semi) ramp-up. Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) has improved greatly with version … [continued]

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Porsche Readies Self For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car…Maybe!

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:26:57 +0000

Rumors are flying over Porsche’s interest in producing a hydrogen fuel cell electric car, with green hydrogen in the mix.

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