With the market launch of the three-cylinder turbo engine CE12 with direct injection in 2020, PXC completes its engine portfolio of the new core engine family. It meets all project goals in terms of performance, torque, low-speed torque, fuel consumption, emissions and NVH behavior. The engines, which in the meantime consist of two assemblies, are already manufactured with a high proportion of series tools, have successfully completed various engine test runs and vehicle tests in more than 10,000...

Porsche is also sticking to the tried-and-tested combustion engine concept for the eighth generation of the 911. The biturbo-charged six-cylinder boxer unit installed in the rear of the 992 has been revised with regard to performance development and suitability for roundabouts, but also with regard to current and future consumption and emission requirements.


The new engine for the Porsche 911

High demands for compliance with increasingly stringent legal requirements...

The age of the electric motor began with Hans Christian Ørsted, who realised in 1820 that a magnetic field forms around a conductor through which current flows. A few years later, a famous race triggered a brief hype about battery electric vehicles. However, it is only the progress that Formula E is currently making along the entire drive train that is helping electromobility to achieve a global breakthrough.

The age of the electric motor began with Hans Christian Ørsted, who realised...