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Porsche Taycan Australian price announced and it’s quicker and cheaper than a 911
Porsche has confirmed Australian pricing and specifications for the new Taycan, the first all-electric Porsche sports car. The Taycan is now available to order and will arrive in Australia from December 2020, available in three model grades, Taycan 4S, Taycan Turbo and Taycan Turbo S. The Taycan 4S is priced from $191,000^, the Taycan Turbo…
Read full article >>Porsche premiere their first all-electric sports car – The Porsche Taycan
Porsche presented its first fully-electric sports car to the public today with a spectacular world premiere held simultaneously on three continents. “The Taycan links our heritage to the future. It carries forward the success story of our brand – a brand that has fascinated and thrilled people the world over for more than 70 years,”…
Read full article >>The Porsche all-electric Mission E concept car on display in Sydney, Australia
Porsche Cars Australia is showing its all-electric Mission E concept car as part of a brand pop-up display opening today in Barangaroo, Sydney. The ‘Future Lab’ allows visitors to get up close and personal with Porsche’s history and future with a 1962 Porsche 356 on display alongside the Mission E concept. Visitors have the chance…
Read full article >>The Mission E, Porsche’s first fully electric sports car, is to be called the Taycan
Series production of the first purely electric Porsche is set to begin next year. In preparation, the vehicle has now been given its official name: The “Mission E” concept study, the name currently used to describe Porsche’s complete electric offering, will be known as the Taycan. The name can be roughly translated as “lively young…
Read full article >>Mark Webber test drives the new Mission E for the first time on Porsche’s test track at Weissach
Mark Webber got behind the wheel of the new Mission E for the first time on Porsche’s test track at Weissach.Here’s what he had to say about it:- “I’ve got many Porsche moments that will stay with me forever – winning the WEC in the 919 Hybrid would be one – and I think I’ve…
Read full article >>Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo electrically driven cross utility vehicle unveiled at Geneva Motor Show
As confirmed in the recent interview we published with Stefan Weckbach, Head of Battery Electric Vehicles at Porsche, the German sports car manufacturer are investing big on an EV future. To back this up they have just released details of their latest EV concept, the Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo cross utility vehicle, at an…
Read full article >>Interview with Stefan Weckbach head of EVs at Porsche on e-mobility strategies & development efforts
An interview with Stefan Weckbach, Head of BEV at Porsche (Battery Electric Vehicles) on e-mobility strategies, the development efforts of the sports car manufacturer and the search for future mobility’s sound and soul. As well as expanding the hybrid vehicle classes, Porsche now wants to introduce a purely electric vehicle based on the Mission E…
Read full article >>Porsche plans to invest more than six billion euro in electromobility by 2022
Porsche has been putting together an unprecedented future development plan: By 2022, the sports car manufacturer will invest more than six billion euro in electromobility, focusing on both plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles. The decision was made by the Porsche AG Supervisory Board at its most recent meeting. “We are doubling our expenditure on…
Read full article >>Porsche are set to thrive in the electric vehicle era according to their CFO
Luxury car manufacturer Porsche are confident they will overcome the “enormous burden” of electrifying their car range and will set the standard in e-mobility. In a recent interview with Auto News Europe Lutz Mescke, Porsches Chief Financial Officer, remains confident that they will continue to have a 15 percent operating margin profitability. This is despite…
Read full article >>BMW, Daimler Benz, Ford & Volkswagen with Audi & Porsche form EV charging network joint venture
BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group have announced a new joint venture called IONITY. It will build a Pan-European High-Power-Charging (HPC) Network for electric vehicles. IONITY will build and operate about 400 fast charging stations across European major road networks by 2020. They intend to open at least 20 stations…
Read full article >>Formula 1 driver Mark Webber and the Porsche Mission E
Thomas Edison was a founder and inventor, but also a visionary. His name is synonymous with some truly epochal changes in the fields of electricity generation and distribution. His list of achievements includes the light bulb, the electricity meter, the rechargeable galvanic cell and many other creations. And right back at the beginning of the…
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