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Porsche announces lithium ion starter battery

Lithium ion batteries are all the rage these days with so many manufacturers planning to use them for hybrid and battery electric vehicles. Porsche today announced that it will be the first automaker to offer a lithium ion starter battery for conventional vehicles. The new battery will be available as an option for the 911 GT3, 911 GT3 RS and Boxster Spyder. The main reason for using this type of battery is weight reduction, since the 13 pound lithium unit cuts 22 pounds off the mass of the standard lead acid battery. The lithium battery ... Read more →

eBay Find of the day: battery powered Porsche 356 Speedster replica Sam Abuelsamid

Over the last several years, we've seen numerous conversions of Porsches to battery electric vehicles, but this may well be the prettiest. Most of the previous Porsche EVs have been based on ...

Acura and Porsche take inaugural ALMS Green Challenge championship Sam Abuelsamid

Season 1 of the American Le Mans Series' Michelin GreenX Challenge is now in the books with Acura and Porsche taking the inaugural season championship. The 2009 season wrapped up at Laguna Seca ...

Frankfurt 2009: Porsche confirms development of electric sportscar Jeremy Korzeniewski

Quick trivia question: what automaker was the first to build a hybrid automobile? Did you guess Honda or Toyota? Interestingly, a full 109 years ago, Professor Ferdinand Porsche built a fully ...

One Gallon Challenge: alt-fuel "race" cars get up to 164 MPGe Sebastian Blanco

This weekend's One Gallon Challenge in Massachusetts resulted in some pretty amazing fuel economy results. The five vehicles that took part in the race challenge (any line of of cars that starts ...

Channel 4 pits the Prius against a Porsche in efficiency test 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

We can think of a few natural competitors to the reigning hybrid champ, the Toyota Prius, when it comes to a fuel efficiency test. For instance, the Honda Insight is a logical choice, as are other midsize hybrid offerings like the Ford Fusion. Still others compare the mileage possibilities ...

Spy Shots: Is this Porsche 911 mule hiding a shocking secret? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

No automaker is immune to the global environmental pressure to reduce pollutants and limit carbon dioxide emissions. Even Porsche has gotten into the green game with both diesel and hybrid options for its current Cayenne – along with an expected hybrid for its Panamara range. Could that ...

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 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 ...

Geneva 2009: Ruf Greenster evolves the electric Porsche concept 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last fall, Porsche high performance tuning specialist Ruf announced that it had built a prototype electric sports car called the eRuf which was essentially a lithium ion battery-powered 911. That was just the beginning of the story as the company has brought the Greenster here to Geneva. The ...

Porsche releases details on the upcoming Cayenne S hybrid 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche has just released more information on the new Cayenne S Hybrid that will finally launch in 2010. The company has changed up its powertrain plans since originally announcing the hybrid. Instead of the older 3.6L normally aspirated V6, it will now use the new supercharged and direct ...

2010 Porsche Panamera to get standard auto start/stop 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche will publicly show its new Panamera four door for the first time at the Shanghai Motor Show in April and put it on sale in the U.S. in October. When it launches, it will be the first Porsche equipped with automatic start/stop capability. The start/stop system will be standard on both ...

India getting Porsche Cayenne Diesel 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche just launched its first modern diesel engine in the Cayenne sport utility vehicle, and the German automaker said when it was first introduced that it was planning on bringing the model to other markets. Considering that the Cayenne is Porsche's best-selling vehicle in India, it's not ...

Porsche launches production of the Cayenne diesel 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

After spending an inordinate amount of time over the last two years denying that it would ever build a diesel vehicle because diesels were incompatible with Porsche's image, the company finally relented and announced it would put a diesel in the Cayenne SUV. Now, barely a month after that ...

Porsche donates Congestion Charge legal awards to charity 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this year, a major storm was brewing in London as then-mayor Ken Livingstone was locked in a legal battle with Porsche over an increased Congestion Charge on its performance cars. After quite a bit of legal wrangling back and forth, Livingstone's ejection in favor of new London mayor Boris ...

Porsche places order for Tesla Roadster 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Uh oh. Rumors suggest that Porsche isn't all that impressed with the all-electric lithium-ion powered 911 from longtime tuning company Ruf. Not that the German automaker is giving up on electric sportscars completely or anything... in fact it's quite the opposite. Porsche is developing its own ...

Porsche officially announces diesel Cayenne for Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Despite Porsche's longtime reluctance to go diesel, environmental and economical pressures have finally made it impossible for Porsche to ignore the added efficiency that Rudolph's old compression ignition engine design allows. Porsche still seems hesitant to proudly display its diesel engine ...

LA 2008: Porsche RS Spyder all boxed up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

From the company that brought you the Boxster, may we present you a car in a box: the 2008 Porsche RS Spyder was all caged up in a glass fence at the Porsche room at the LA Auto Show. Thankfully, cameras can shoot through Porsche's defenses and so we can get a good view of the ethanol sticker on ...

Porsche considers a return to four-cylinder engines 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche has had its ups and downs when creating cars without using six-cylinder engines. We'll leave the Cayenne and the upcoming Panamera out of the discussion for now, though those models are scheduled to get hybrid powertrains in addition to V6 and V8 power. Starting with its 356 model, along ...

Paris Preview: Porsche promises "More Power on Less Fuel" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The possible electric Porsche Cayman, the one-off conversion of the MIIN-AER, an old 911 EV conversion. There's certainly no lack of people who like the looks of a Porsche but want to make the vehicle a lot clener. While there's no official battery-powered EV coming from Porsche, the company is ...

Porsche ALMS race engine to go direct injection 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

From track to road and back to track again. That is the path for gasoline direct fuel injection. In the late 90s Audi added direct injection to its R8 Le Mans prototype in order to get more power while consuming less fuel. In racing reducing fuel consumption is important because it allows cars to ...

2011 Porsche Panamera could be world's most expensive hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been following the on-again, off-again news of the upcoming hybrid and diesel powertrain options on Porsche's Panamera, which is scheduled to go on sale starting next year. It seems that the hybrid is a lock and will be equipped with a 3.6-liter V6 engine offering 300 horsepower along with an ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1973 Porsche 911 electric conversion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of this Porsche 911 EV conversion Sometimes, we find various electric vehicle conversions on eBay to share with our readers. In many cases, the cars are in pretty sorry condition and the work which was done is highly suspect. In the case of this 1973 Porsche 911, though, ...

Porsche registers a logo for the 2010 Panamera Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're still not sure if Porsche's first production hybrid model will be the Cayenne SUV or Panamera sedan but we do know what the Panamera hybrid logo will look like. Porsche has registered the logo and trademark for the Panamera hybrid with the EU agency that handles trade and design marks known ...

Porsche FTW - London scraps 25 congestion charge 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The battle over a proposed £25 Congestion Charge increase that would have been socked to big, dirty vehicles entering London is over. Porsche was the lead opponent of this fee increase, and announced the win on its Judicial Review website. I guess Porsche's huge PR campaign worked. Back when ...

Porsche Panamera to get diesel option? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

AutoWeek apparently has it on good authority that Porsche has plans for a diesel engine not just for its Cayenne Sport Utility, but also for its upcoming sedan, the Panamera. The Panamera will assuredly be getting a gasoline engine, perhaps mirroring the Cayenne's V6 and V8 options, and will also ...

Consumers not interested in stop/start from Porsche 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Porsche 911 Stopping an engine when it's not necessary for the operation of the car seems like a common sense move when fuel efficiency and emissions are the main concern. When performance is the biggest priority, though, the added weight and complexity ...

Porsche Cayenne will won't will won't will get a diesel in 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The on again/off again story of whether the Porsche Cayenne will get a diesel engine seems to be back on again this week. Automotive News Europe is again reporting that a diesel-powered Porsche SUV is set to debut in March 2009. As previously reported, the Cayenne will use the VW group's 3.0L V6 ...

Porsche could evade emissions penalties via VW takeover 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Over the last year or so, Porsche has been grabbing chunks of Volkswagen, slowly but surely. It is clear what the German manufacturer of luxurious sportscars is attempting: a takeover of VW, which is the largest automaker in Germany. There are still laws and regulations standing it its way, but ...

Porsche adds direct injection and dual clutch gearbox to 911 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While Porsche has made it abundantly clear that they have no concerns about trying to meet new corporate average fuel economy standards in the U.S. in the coming decade, that doesn't mean that aren't doing anything to improve the fuel consumption of their cars. Relative to their performance, ...

Porsche going way down market with VW Golf-based hatchback? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The issues that Porsche has had with legislation which would require it to meet the same strict fuel efficiency and emissions goals as economy car makers has been well documented. While Lamborghini has apparently decided that it should get a free pass considering how few vehicles it sells, Porsche ...

CAFE? Yeah right! says Porsche 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The way the draft rules have been defined for the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard, Porsche is at a distinct disadvantage. Because the standards for any given vehicle are based on the size of the vehicle, Porsche's relatively small cars have to meet a higher standard than other ...

Hacked! Porsche's lawsuit against London website taken over by 1923Turk - or something 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click screen grab to enlarge The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923. If you think this has nothing to do with green cars, you're mostly right. Today, though, it does, if only because someone (or a group of someones) has hacked into the news section of Porsche's Judicial Review website and ...

London's Congestion Charge will increase CO2 emissions? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We don't want to take sides on London's Congestion Charge, but we are keenly interested in what the charge will mean for the environment and motorists. Ken Livingstone claims that the charge is intended to reduce congestion and CO2 emissions while Porsche claims that the charges are unnecessarily ...

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