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Porsche was a little slow to jump on the SUV bandwagon when it released the Cayenne in 2002, so it only makes sense that the company is a little slow on the hybrid uptake as well. Finally, though, Porsche has come around and is showing off a prototype version of the Cayenne, charmingly called the Cayenne Hybrid (which isn't expected to go on sale until around 2010). It includes an electric motor nestled in between the traditional fuel engine and transmission that spins up when accelerating to assist the engine while pumping electricity back into the vehicle's batteries when braking.
However, like many recent luxury hybrids, the extra motor in the Cayenne will be focused on improving performance more so than mileage, or on cleaning up the environment. That said, the car, which currently hits the scales at a whopping 4,800 pounds (and will only be heavier in hybrid form), is still expected to deliver about 24 mpg -- a respectable boost over the current car's 18 mpg.
Here's to hoping the updated version of the car will also get an upgrade in the looks department at the same time, as the current design is in dire need of a refresh to tidy up that rather portly looking rear-end.
From gizmag
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Subscribe to commentszackery ShoemakerJul 29th 2007 1:57AM
Right. It looks like another failed attempt at the real goal of a hybrid. nice try...kind of
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Paul TaylorAug 10th 2007 6:07AM
My wife is American, I am English and we both live in England. Petrol (Gasoline) or Diesel costs the equivalent of $8.50/gallon here (America should brace itself for rates at this price in due course ... it will happen!) so any vehicle needs to be yielding the best mpg figures which can be achieved! The Cayenne Hybrid is a nice try to woo consumers into thinking 24mpg is good. It's not! Diesel Peugeot Estates (Stationwagons) regularly return 45mpg and British road-speeds are higher than in the States. Diesel Range-Rovers which are probably closest to the Porsche image, will achieve at least 25mpg. Diesel cars emit lower CO2 than the equivalent Petrol/Gasoline models and produce greater mpg. If you want to save money on fuel & be kinder to the environment, America needs to look to the British way & European models like Honda, Peugeot, Renault, VW, Skoda etc and move over to Diesel power in the first instance; drive manual (shift-stick) rather than automatics; be less heavy-footed on the pedal; reduce unecessary weight carried within the vehicle; seek models of 1900cc (less than 2ltr engine size) and move away from the big, SUV-type vehicles. Don't think that Biofuels will be the next big thing. The world has insufficient land mass and freshwater to produce enough biocrops for fuel AND crops for foods. America defintely needs to 'wake up & smell reality'!
RickSep 22nd 2007 5:38PM
Oil is the world currency. We do NOT need it as a fuel. Don't believe the bull that we can't produce enough biofuel. We can. What we cannot do is create a wworld economy that will please the owners of the current world economy which is based on their ownership of petroleum. They have decided that if it's between giving up power and killing the planet, it's good-bye planet. Too bad. They're stupid and they lack the vision of men like John D. Rockefeller I, who created their wealth. It's possible to save the world and avoid economic chaos, but it will take smarter minds than they have. A mind like mine, for example.