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Company fleet managers pick Porsche Cayenne diesel as car of the year 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

I'd like to know the name of the firm that offers Porsche Cayennes as company cars so I can apply for a job. Somebody must be doing it, or else fleet managers are driving them on their own. In a survey of 150 fleet managers for FIRMENAUTO and the DEKRA Association of Automotive Specialists, the ...

Twist and Shout: Techart's custom Porsche Cayenne diesel 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you want a powerful, fast Porsche Cayenne sport-ute, Stuttgart has no shortage of choices on offer, topping out at the 550hp Turbo S. And of course there are plenty of aftermarket tuners willing to take unreasonable up to downright silly proportions, but if you were looking for power and ...

Porsche enhances humans to break world record 48-hour distance run 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

What's the most common Pavlovian response to the word "Porsche"? Thinking of people running on treadmills, right? If you had a different though, consider that treadmills were front and center at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend, where 12 runners set a new world record for the ...

Porsche Panamera diesel may yet become a reality, along with hybrid 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Porsche's new four-door Panamera goes on sale this fall, it will have two powertrains available: a 4.8-liter V8s with and without turbochargers. The only other powertrain Porsche has committed to is the hybrid system that will debut in the Cayenne next year. Two other options are likely to ...

Porsche R&D says electric 911 possible, needs more development 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

In an interview with the German magazine Motor Zeitung, Porsche's R&D director Wolfgang Dürheimer discussed the possibility of electrification of the iconic 911 sports car. Legendary Porsche tuners Ruf first showed a prototype battery-powered 911 called the eRuf last fall and then ...

Ferdinand Porsche Award goes to lithium battery researchers 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

This year's "Professor Ferdinand Porsche Award" has gone to Dipl. Eng. Michael Keller from Temic Automotive Electric Motors GmbH, Berlin, and Prof. Herbert Kohler from Daimler AG, Stuttgart. The pair won the €50,000 prize for their work on lithium ion batteries for automotive applications. ...

Porsche green has solar sheen 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Although Porsche may not employ a lot of green tech in their cars (though that is starting to change), the same can not be said of their facilities. Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) has just installed a huge solar array atop their operations in Ontario, California. With design and ...

U.S. Porsche Panamera will get start/stop, active aero 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche has announced that the upcoming Panamera will get an unusual feature to increase the efficiency of the new vehicle. Available on the Panamera Turbo, an active aerodynamic system used a "multi-stage, adjustable rear spoiler that deploys when needed." This four-way spoiler moves based on the ...

Porsche will cut CO2 emissions by 25% by 2012 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

At a technical briefing on the new Porsche Panamera this week in Germany, Wolfgang Dürheimer, EVP of Research and Development at Porsche talked about additional powertrains and CO2 reductions. On the question of downsizing engines for its cars, Dürheimer said that there were no current ...

First Drive: Sailing in Stuttgart with Porsche's Cayenne S Hybrid 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

While charging along at 85 mph with a particularly poker-faced Porsche engineer riding shotgun, traffic begins to cluster on the horizon. Not willing to risk our seven-figure prototype, I gently roll off the accelerator, at which point a funny thing happens: Without warning, the tachometer ...

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