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Environment
Environmental management in the
Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH group
The automobile industry is facing major chal-
lenges in the area of environmental technology. In
light of this, the National Development Plan for
Electromobility was launched in 2009 as the result of
constructive cooperation with the German federal
government. The aim of the initiative is to make Ger-
many the leading supplier of and market for electro-
mobility by 2020. In May 2010, as part of the
National Platform for Electromobility, German Chan-
cellor Angela Merkel convened a group of representa-
tives of industry, politics, science, trade unions, and
society, who have since been working on joint pro-
posals aimed at a climate-friendly transformation of
mobility. Since 2010, Porsche has been participating
in the joint Stuttgart Electric Mobility Pilot Region
Initiative with the Boxster E.
The Second Report of the National Platform
for Electromobility was completed in May 2011 and
forms the basis of the Government Electromobility
Program. This program ushered in the second phase
of the National Development Plan for Electromobility,
which is to be visible on the streets from 2013 as
part of the Electromobility Showcase project. The
"showcases" will be divided into three to five regions
across Germany. These are the successors to the
pilot regions and are intended to demonstrate
electromobility to society as a whole. The German
federal government is supporting the showcases with
subsidies totaling 200 million euro.
Moreover, interdisciplinary and cross-industry
research and development lighthouse projects focus-
ing on specific key topics will be launched. Following
investments of 500 million euro in R&D projects,
including the electromobility pilot regions, as part of
its Economic Stimulus Package II, the federal
government will invest a further 800 million euro
between now and 2015.
The Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH group is
tackling the associated technological challenges and
will participate in the second phase of the National
Development Plan for Electromobility within the scope
of the “showcases” and lighthouse projects.
Porsche Intelligent Performance
Sporty performance and environmentally
sound reduction of consumption and emissions are
not irreconcilable opposites. Following the 2010
launch of the Cayenne S Hybrid, with technically so-
phisticated parallel full-hybrid drive, Porsche opened
another chapter in Porsche Intelligent Performance in
the 2011 fiscal year, with the Panamera S Hybrid.
With output of 380 hp, the gran turismo boasts fuel
consumption of just 6.8 liters per 100 km in a best
case scenario, which is equivalent to CO2 emissions
of just 159 g/km. But the completely newly designed
911 Carrera, which celebrated its world premiere at
IAA in Frankfurt in September 2011, also delivers
carbon emissions below the 200g/km mark. Fuel
consumption and emissions are down 16 percent on
the predecessor model. This means that the coupés
require considerably less than ten liters of fuel per
100 km. This is due to a significant reduction in
weight thanks to a new lightweight body featuring
intelligent aluminum and steel construction.
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