South Koreans hit the brakes on EVs after battery fires
On August 1, a Mercedes-Benz EV caught fire in the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in the city of Incheon. It took firefighters more than eight hours to extinguish the blaze. Twenty-three people required hospital treatment...
'Not everybody will survive': Porsche determined to lead in the performance electric car space as premium electric car competitors like Aon Hyper GT, IM L6, Nio ET9 & Zeekr 7X proliferate
But not all the new electric car challenger brands, mainly emerging from China, will survive in the long...
Blaze in South Korea prompts debate over whether electric vehicles should be allowed in the country’s ubiquitous underground parking lots
SEOUL—It took just seconds for an underground South Korean residential parking lot to be engulfed in flames. The culprit: a Mercedes-Benz EQE electric...
Porsche has been ranked number one in the premium segment in the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study. It’s the eighth time in a decade that Porsche has earned the top position in the annual study. In addition, the Taycan earned the title for...
Porsche AG posts strong second quarter with a 17 percent return on sales – and a robust first six months of 2024
Various suppliers of Porsche AG are currently affected by a significant supply shortage with regard to special aluminium alloys. The supply shortage is the result of the flooding of...
May have to do with PMC+/PMCC what Kyle did when high plug temps throttled Tesla superchargers: wrap the plug in cold wet towel to resume full charging rate...
:CWL:
This 'FAQ - Ultimate Guide to Porsche EVSE' thread is never gonna end, is it?
What’s ironic is that they want those cars because they represent the pinnacle of what that carmaker has to offer when it comes to driving dynamics. But what’s the point if you can’t unleash all that tech the way it’s supposed to be unleashed? Why are you driving a car with a rear wing the size...
The elephant in the room: Volkswagen software subsidiary Cariad
However, another area might cause the most trouble, regardless of what type of vehicles Volkswagen will be making in the future. Electric vehicles are just one part of the problem, with software-defined vehicles being another. This...
Correct.
But the warning occurs each time the speed limit plus 10 mph threshold is exceeded.
Oh, California . . . :facepalm:
SECTION 1. Article 19 (commencing with Section 28170) is added to Chapter 5 of Division 12 of the Vehicle Code, to read:
Article 19. Speed Assistance Technology
28170...
California Senate Passes Bill Requiring Passive Speed Limiters
California Senate Bill 961 (SB 961) was passed by a 22-13 vote this week requiring that 50 percent of new vehicles manufactured or sold in California must have passive speed limiters installed by 2029. By 2032, that percentage...
A report from Automotive News (by subscription) says, "The sales manager of a Porsche dealership in South Carolina took hundreds of thousands of dollars in "under-the-table" payments from customers hungry for high-demand vehicles."
According to a recent lawsuit filed alleging fraud, breach of...
The 25 best and worst cars for shoppers looking to avoid recall-related hassles
Highlights:
Porsche’s Taycan electric car is projected to be the most recalled vehicle
Tesla’s entire model line occupies four of the seven slots for most projected recalls; Lucid is in position 5
Six of the top...