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Porsche has taken down payments from 30,000 customers in Europe for its Taycan, the luxury car maker's first fully electric model, CEO Oliver Blume told Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper. These customers have made down payments of 2,500 euros each and 10,000 of them have already placed a firm order to buy a Taycan, Blume said, adding that this number exceeded the company's expectations. Porsche, which is starting shipment of the Taycan to U.S. dealerships this month and to other markets shortly thereafter, is planning to deliver 20,000 Taycans in 2020.Porsche is under pressure from peer Tesla, which last month announced that it will build its first European factory and design centre near Berlin. The purchase contract for the site is currently being negotiated and construction of the factory will start in the spring of next year, the Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)For the latest … [Read more...] about Porsche’s Electric Taycan Draws Interest From 30,000 Buyers: Report

Let's talk about towing figures. It’s a secret to no one that Ford is developing an all-electric version of America’s best-selling vehicle, the F-150. We’ve seen spy photos of two prototypes testing on public roads and today we can get the first glimpse of the electric truck’s actual capability. The Blue Oval automaker has released a demonstrational video, showing a pre-production F-150 EV test car towing more than one million pounds. No, there isn’t a typo in the text above. For the clip, Ford has lined up 10 double-decker rail cars loaded with no less than 42 examples of the 2019 F-150. The total weight of the composition is way over one million pounds, which equals to approximately 453,592 kilograms or 453.5 tons. In the video above, the demonstration is performed with Linda Zhang, chief engineer of the Ford F-150, behind the wheel of the prototype. Gallery: Ford F-150 EV prototype towing 10 Photos “Ford has confirmed it … [Read more...] about Watch Electric Ford F-150 Tow More Than 1 Million Pounds

High performance in combination with good efficiency. That's Ford's EV formula. Ford is dead serious about its electrification plans. The Blue Oval company wants to have a hybrid, PHEV, or all-electric version of its every model, and, in addition, it will launch a number of completely new nameplates with electric powertrains. One of these new members of the lineup will be a Mustang-inspired crossover which is scheduled to arrive on the market sometime next year. And while Ford’s previous electrified models such as the Focus Electric, Fusion Energy, and C-Max PHEV were best known for their good fuel efficiency, the new EVs will be focused on performance and efficiency together. Emphasizing Ford’s new strategy, the automaker’s Executive Chairman Bill Ford said the Mustang-inspired electric crossover "is going to go like hell." The Reveal Is Here: ⠀ Ford Mustang Mach-E Videos Show The Electric SUV In Detail Ford Mustang Mach-E Shelb-E … [Read more...] about Bill Ford Says Electric Mustang Crossover Will ‘Go Like Hell’

The exhaust tip isn't fooling anyone. BMW has yet to reveal the plug-in hybrid X2, but the company is already preparing the next step towards electrification by taking out the combustion engine altogether. Caught somewhere in cold Sweden, the prototype looked virtually the same as the forthcoming X2 xDrive 25e, right down to the badge on the tailgate. Gallery: BMW X2 Electric spy photos 11 Photos However, the “Hybrid Test Vehicle” stickers we’ve seen on the PHEV X2 prototypes have been replaced by “Electric Test Vehicle” labels mounted on the front doors and at the back between the logos denoting the model’s full name. BMW even decided to retain the single exhaust tip of the hybrid variant, but our spies are telling us it’s not linked to anything, therefore this is actually a pure EV.We’re also noticing the test vehicle had the same two fuel caps as the X2 xDrive25e, but the one on the front fender is likely to … [Read more...] about BMW iX2 Electric Crossover Spied For The First Time

Well, at least for the first half of 2019. And they’re off! With car sales for the first half of 2019 in the books, we’re officially seeing how the Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, and Ford Mustang stand in the race for pony car sales domination.  Killing The Camaro: Sixth-Gen Chevy Camaro Z/28 Program Canceled: Report [UPDATE] The Chevy Camaro Is The Best Pony Car And Shouldn’t Be Killed Coming in third is the venerable Chevrolet Camaro with a sum of 24,516 vehicles delivered so far. That’s down 3.4 percent to the first half of 2018. It’s surely a letdown for the folks at General Motors, too, who must have hoped the sports car’s 2019 model year facelift would push sales up relative to last year.Just ahead of the Chevy sits the Dodge Challenger, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles finding homes for 28,668 units of its big coupe. Although it currently bests the Camaro in overall sales, the Challenger’s sales are down a whopping 23 … [Read more...] about Win, Place, Show: The Pony Car Sales Numbers Are In