It was pretty clear when Porsche announced the 2018 Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo that it wasn't going to be your normal hybrid. The closest the automaker's cars get to green is usually their paint job, after all, but the shapely Sport Turismo claims to be more eco-conscious than you'd expect. Of course, since this is a Porsche it couldn't just be about saving the planet.
When the start of 2019 rolls around in Europe, the new 8th generation of the venerable 911 sports car will be available to purchase. As the launch of the vehicle draws nearer, Porsche is talking about its ramped up testing program as the final testing procedures are underway. Porsche says that this new test regime puts the cars under "a great deal of stress."
Porsche's Taycan all-electric sedan is getting a striking sibling at dealerships, with the automaker reportedly putting a Cross Turismo version into production too. The German car company previewed those intentions back in March, when it took the wraps off the Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo.
Porsche's all-electric Taycan will be priced to take on the Tesla Model S, the automaker has confirmed, settling fears that sales would be hamstrung by sky-high costs. Instead, Porsche suggests, the Taycan will actually slot in somewhere beneath the Panamera, the automaker's existing sedan.
Porsche has announced a pair of new models that slot into the Panamera line and offer improved performance. The models are the Panamera GTS and the Panamera GTS Sport Turismo. Both models share the same 4.0L V8 biturbo engine making 460hp and 620Nm of torque.
Some things are too good to leave as mere concepts, and so the stunning Porsche 911 Speedster is getting a highly limited production run as a sort of birthday present to the German automaker. Porsche took the wraps off the 911 Speedster concept study earlier this year, an open-top two-seater with some glorious features.
Porsche has unveiled a new dedicated racing car that is called the Porsche 935. The ride will be made in an exclusive run of 77 cars and Porsche calls this a birthday present from Porsche Motorsport fans to the world. This car isn’t homologated and that freed the designers to develop the car as they saw fit.
Porsche has announced that it is making a major investment that will fund a future that has no diesel reliance. That investment is over six billion euros and Porsche says that while it isn’t demonizing the diesel engine, as a sports car maker the tech has a secondary role. Instead of diesel power, Porsche wants to invest in a big way into future hybrid power options.
Tesla may have had the early bird advantage in electric cars, but while increasing competition from vehicles like the new 2019 Audi e-tron may give Elon Musk's business plan a headache, for drivers it's all good news. The new electric SUV won't just headline Audi's new electric car strategy when it arrives in dealerships next year: it'll also mark a turning point in a new EV infrastructure that's great news for Tesla drivers too.
Holographic car windshields that overlay augmented reality graphics atop the real world could be closer than you think, with Porsche, Hyundai, and others tapping a smart glass startup developing the transparent tech. WayRay has been working on holographic augmented reality head-up display technologies since 2012, developing a compact hologram projector that could change what you see through your car's windows.
If electric performance cars are to work, fast charging needs to be more flexible and more prevalent, and Porsche believes it's found the answer. Dubbed the Porsche "electric pit stop," it's a charging system built up of modular blocks that can adapt more readily to existing infrastructure, space constraints, and how many cars it might be expected to deal with.
The car world is abuzz with record-breaking hypercars such as the Bugatti Chiron, Pagani Huayra BC, Koenigsegg Agera RS, Porsche 918, and Ferrari LaFerrari. But there’s a problem. All these speed demons will cost you upwards of $1M. Unless you’re a tech billionaire or the heir to a trillion-dollar oil-rich dominion in the Middle East, hypercars are not what you would call ‘affordable’ in the purest sense of the word.