Posted on 07/09/2024 7:11:49 AM PDT by central_va
Porsche has confirmed its timeline to kill off its entry-level models, revealing that its most attainable combustion-powered cars will end production earlier than previously anticiapated. The company's Head of Production confirmed that the ICE-powered Macan will be killed off in non-European markets in 2026. Albrecht Reimold told the German publication Automobilwoche that the platform had reached its end.
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There is a lot of that lately.
So a status symbol of the elite chooses to go extinct by caving to DEI/woke/green... Who’s next?
Porsche had trouble keeping the factory humming outside the 10 am to 4 pm window.
The price of used Porsches just went UP!.......................
That smells like bull squeeze. Flashing ROMs with new code to meet European cybersecurity standards is too expensive? Come on!
Who knew that Europe had implemented cybersecurity standards for vehicles? To what end? Probably just part of the EU's plan to hasten the end of ICE cars.
Porsche to discontinue the ICE-powered Macan in non-European markets by 2026.
The automaker will focus on the Macan EV once the gas-powered variant goes out of production.
718 Boxster and Cayman production to end production next year, with an electric successor to arrive soon.
Porche is commiting suicide.
A SINGLE AUTOMOTIVE CYBER SECURITY STANDARD AT LAST: WP.29
21 OCT 2023
There's the usual scare that somebody can remotely take control of your car. But this is interesting: "...the more likely threat is that bad actors will intercept car data for financial reasons. For example, they are installing malware into a vehicle's operating system and demanding payment for removing it."
The most significant change is adding new requirements for the security of OTA software updates.
The new requirements require vehicle manufacturers to implement several security measures, including:
Yep....every mfgr producing Battery/EV cars is losing money.
The BIG question....why are they choosing this losing financial model?
“Porche is commiting suicide.”
Maybe Porches are not driven long distances so battery energy is ok, and EV pickup is great. Don’t know about EV handling since they’re heavy.
Porsche-VW-Audi have always made very delicate vehicles, that is, ever since the demise of the air cooled Beetle. It’s hard to believe their EV’s will be reliable.
I’m sitting in my gas powered SUV right now. At this time it’s a little hard to get gas but not too long of a wait. My neighbors with electric vehicles will not be able to go anywhere soon because their power is out.
The exception to the above are my neighbors with natural gas powered generators, they can charge their electric vehicles. I have one employee who has a Tesla power system and he is a double exception. He is running his house and charging his cars.
You have probably figured out that I am in Houston and it’s after the storm. I’ve been through a number of storms and this one was nut a big deal compared to other storms like Ike. What different is that so many people are without power. Something is not right because my subdivision has underground utilities as do other subdivisions nearby. I have no power but they do.
There is something off with the way they are turning back up the electric grid. I don’t know what’s going on but it will become news soon.
I find it very interesting that even though I do NOT and never did have a Sirius subscription in my car, I received a message on the in-car display screen at 0625 hrs 2 days in a row last week informing me that the Sirius had been updated.
Why would something that has been dormant and unused the entire time I have owned the car suddenly received an update?
Admittedly, I am not the original owner, but I’ve had it for just under 2 years. I didn’t even activate the “free trial” offered through the dealership, and it hasn’t “updated” before.
That is interesting. You have to wonder how much your car is spying on you…and reporting on you.
The Macan is just another 4 door sedan that can’t compete in a market composed of other such vehicles.
To survive Porsche tried to enter the luxury commodity market and did not succeed with profitability.
Elites drive 911 Turbo or GT3s. Most of the Cayman, boxter and the SUV’s are entry level Porsche models.
Apprarantly either Audi made a mad one or EVs suck as sports cars.
If Porsche wanted to produce these models without the cyber vulnerabilities, all they need to do is remove the connectivity.
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