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Porsche gives used Taycan batteries second life powering plant

Green Car Reports

Used Taycan batteries are helping power Porsche's Leipzig factory in Germany The batteries are from pre-production vehicles that were used for testing Porsche said the batteries provide up to 5 MW of energy After they've degraded too much for continued use in EVs, battery packs still have plenty of usable capacity for stationary energy storage.

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Porsche won't make EVs with simulated shifts

Green Car Reports

Porsche EVs won't pretend to be gas-powered cars The automaker explored the idea of programmed shift points Porsche has two EVs in its lineup and a third en route Porsche isn't likely to follow Hyundai's lead in EV powertrain programming, at least when it comes to programmed sounds.

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Electric Porsche Panamera to live alongside gas-powered model

Green Car Reports

Product strategy continues to shift at Porsche as market winds blow. In an interview with Autocar, Porsche's research and development boss Michael Steiner said the gas-powered Panamera will exist alongside the next-generation electric model in showrooms.

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Electric Porsche Cayenne to live alongside gasoline-fueled models

Green Car Reports

The next-generation Porsche Cayenne will be electric Porsche said the (plug-in) hybrid and non-hybrid third-gen Cayenne will live alongside the EV Porsche recently revised its EV timeline with plans to keep gasoline-fueled models longer Porsche has confirmed that its current Cayenne models, including plug-in hybrids, will be sold alongside a.

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Porsche development driver stands against EV fake gear changes

Teslarati

Recent comments from Porsche development driver Lars Kern have indicated that the German luxury car maker would not be using simulated combustion-powered sounds on its electric vehicles. The Porsche development driver also noted that simulating the performance of a combustion engine lowers the performance of an electric car.

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ChargePoint & Porsche Cars North America Partner on Porsche Charging Service Integration

CleanTechnica EVs

Campbell, California — ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a leading provider of charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), and Porsche Cars North America, Inc. PCNA), yesterday announced an agreement which will enable PCNA access to the ChargePoint network within the Porsche Charging Service.

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2024 Porsche Taycan review: Epic Tesla tamer proves Porsche should be building all the EVs in the world

EV Central

If we really want to move the motoring world towards electrification in a speedy and successful fashion, there really is only one answer – take the responsibility away from Tesla, BMW, Benz, Audi and all the Chinese brands, and just let Porsche get on with it. Certainly this is the way Porsche’s close cousins at Audi do things.

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