Car news today: updated Porsche Cayenne GTS priced for Australia, Mercedes-AMG adds hybrid-electric thrust to GT coupe, and more – 22 April 2024

Thanks for becoming a member of us this Monday April twenty 2d 2024. Seriously in automobile news on the present time: the Porsche Cayenne has as soon as extra won a GTS variant, this time with extra energy and extra chassis control, and Mercedes-AMG provides 600kW hybrid V8 powertrain to its GT sports activities coupe.

Browse this dispute of affairs:

• 2025 Porsche Cayenne GTS gets chassis enhancements, priced for Australia
• Mercedes-AMG brings hybrid powertrain to flagship GT coupe
• Chery to debut new hybrid with claimed vary of 1300
• Google Maps gets extra functional for EV owners everywhere in the arena

2025 Porsche Cayenne GTS priced for Australia

• Porsche Australia has announced updated pricing for its Cayenne GTS excessive-performance SUV, including the coupe version.

• Pricing now starts from $209,600 (up $2100) sooner than on-road bills for the SUV wagon, and $212,600 (up $1400) sooner than on-road bills for the SUV Coupe variant.

• The V8 is mighty from dreary, with Porsche persevering with to present the Cayenne with a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre crooked-eight, now producing 30kW extra for a total of 368kW. Torque is up 40Nm to 660Nm.

• Porsche has moreover revised the chassis of the GTS, with adaptive air suspension, Porsche Inspiring Suspension Administration (PASM) and Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus. Elective functions encompass Porsche Dynamic Chassis Adjust.

• Other common functions encompass a curved digital instrument cluster, darkish-tinted matrix LED headlights, a Bose sound machine and an adaptive extending rear spoiler.

• Expect the updated Porsche Cayenne GTS variants to near in Australia in the third quarter of 2024.

Mercedes-AMG’s new-gen GT coupe gets hybrid V8 energy

• Mercedes-AMG might perhaps well perhaps be going fat steam ahead with hybrid four-cylinder energy for the C63 S E Efficiency, nevertheless it completely received’t be giving up the V8 for its flagship GT coupe, which now gets a hybrid V8 for the first time in its historical past.

• Producing 600kW of energy and 1420Nm, the GT63 S E Efficiency uses a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 petrol engine with AMG’s performance hybrid electrical machine. Its 0-100km/h will take a claimed 2.8 seconds. A version of this powertrain is already offered in the GT 63 S E Efficiency four-door sedan.

• V8 energy is augmented by a 150kW electrical motor on the rear axle and the coupe functions adaptive all-wheel pressure. As a high-tail-in hybrid, the GT63 uses a 6.1kWh battery pack, nevertheless can accept as true with a pure-electrical vary of correct 13 kilometres.

• Favorite functions on the model will encompass active rear steerage, a ceramic braking machine, active sprint control suspension and active aerodynamics, which incorporates an active rear spoiler.

• The GT63 S E Efficiency will rep its public debut in Shanghai this week, sooner than occurring sale everywhere in the arena from the third quarter of 2024.

Chery to originate new hybrid SUV, the Tansuo, which claims 1300km riding vary

• Chery will originate a brand new hybrid SUV known as the Tansuo PHEV on the Beijing Auto Repeat this week, claiming an gigantic riding vary peak of 1300km, in step with contemporary Automobile News China experiences.

• As many Chinese automakers push for EV, the Tansuo stands out by quiet using a petrol engine, on this case a 1.5-litre Miller cycle four-cylinder engine that produces 115kW of energy and 220Nm of torque.

• As a high-tail-in hybrid, the brand new Chery model moreover claims an electrical-simplest vary of 120km, which is vastly bigger than the likes of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV sold in Australia that has an electrical-simplest vary of 84km.

• Favorite functions for the Chery Tansuo PHEV encompass a 13.2-scramble infotainment touchscreen, AI assistant, head-up display, smaller LCD instrument display, entrance seat heating and ventilation and even a rubdown characteristic.

• Chery for the time being sells the Omoda 5 SUV, the Tiggo 7 Decent SUV and might perhaps well presently originate the Tiggo 8 Decent SUV in Australia. The dear electrical Chery Omoda E5 is due in Australia by mid-2024.

Google Maps correct got extra functional for EV owners

• Global tech firm Google is starting to roll out a new suite of functions for its Maps application to rep things less complicated for the rising sequence of EV owners everywhere in the arena.

• Original to Google Maps will seemingly be an AI-powered summary that can give EV owners an even bigger understanding of precisely where a charger will seemingly be, which can moreover very well be especially functional in multi-storey automobile parks or extensive having a see centres.

• Also new for Google Maps might perhaps well be the skill for the app to recognise an electrical automobile’s dispute of value. Ought to you’re getting low, Google will indicate the nearest EV chargers, how many come in for command and the very top device rapid the value rate is at said charging level.

• Ought to you’re field to hang a multi-stop road chase back and forth – something that is rather widespread in Australia – then Google will indicate the most effective charging stops alongside the methodology basically based again on the dispute of value of your electrical automobile.

• These functions will moreover debut in the upcoming months all over EVs which accept as true with Google constructed-in, such as the merchandise from Polestar, Volvo, Honda and extra.

The next dispute of affairs of Automobile News On the present time will seemingly be printed on Tuesday twenty third April at 4.30pm Sydney time.