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Porsche’s plug-in Panamera hybrid sparks electric response

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17/12/17

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Porsche, its name synonymous with sports cars, is gaining traction in the shift to electric cars.

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The Volkswagen unit said 60 per cent of buyers of its revamped Panamera four-door coupe opted for the partly battery-powered version from its sales from June through to October.

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The brand is now rolling out the vehicle in China and the United States, its largest markets.

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“Customer demand is much higher than the 10 or 15 per cent we first expected,” Gernot Doellner, head of the Panamera model line, said at a press briefing near Stuttgart on Thursday.

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Tax benefits in some European countries helped boost the hybrid’s share to more than 90 per cent in Belgium and 70 per cent in France.

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