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Frankfurt 2009: Porsche confirms development of electric sportscar

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 functional hybrid automobile, though it was certainly a much different animal than the Prius and Insight hatchbacks of 2010. In any case, Porsche is looking to enter the hybrid and electric automobile market in a big way just as soon as battery technology will allow it. Porsche's opening salvo in the eco-wars will be the full hybrid Cayenne and ... Read more →

Spy Shots: Is this Porsche 911 mule hiding a shocking secret? Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Consumers not interested in stop/start from Porsche Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Porsche could evade emissions penalties via VW takeover Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Upcoming Porsche Panamera: the world's fastest hybrid? Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've been all over the news of Porsche's upcoming hybrid models, which most insiders expect to include the Cayenne SUV and the upcoming Panamera sedan and the possible GT coupe which would be based ...

Porsche Cayenne hybrid will use a third less fuel than current version 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Reuters is reporting that the upcoming Porsche Cayenne hybrid will use almost a third less fuel than the standard version. The hybrid is coming in late 2009 and will supposedly get 26.8 mpg (8.9 liters per 100 kilometers). The standard Cayenne gets 18.5 mpg (12.9 liters/100 km). The current Cayenne ...

Porsche hybrids could be here sooner than expected 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

More news is emerging out of Germany about upcoming hybrids from Porsche. It has already been revealed that both the Cayenne and the Panamera sedan will be getting hybrid variants. It now looks like we might see a hybrid VW Touareg as soon as 2008 with a 50hp electric motor mated up to a 3.6L 280 ...

No diesels from Porsche, Cayenne will go hybrid instead 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There have been various rumors floating around about alternative power-trains that Porsche was looking at installing in the Cayenne SUV and potentially other models. Now Porsche has put a stop to at least one rumor. They have decided that they definitely will not be putting diesel engines in any of ...


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