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Petrol Ped - Driving The 911 GTS Hybrid And The ICE Cayman / Boxster Are BACK!
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Petrol Ped - Driving The 911 GTS Hybrid And The ICE Cayman / Boxster Are BACK!

Car Chat

October 28, 20251h 48m

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Show Notes

Petrol Ped joins me to talk hybrids, from plug-ins to Porsche’s new 911 GTS-T Hybrid. We dig into whether a hybrid is better than the same car without. What makes a good PHEV, why real-world MPG figures are nonsense, and how Porsche is bringing back the ICE Boxster / Cayman.

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Show Notes:

02:51 Plug-In Hybrids vs. Full EVs — The Real-World Trade-Off
06:03 How Modern Plug-In Hybrids Finally Got Good
09:00 Charging, Battery Health, and the Myths Around 3-Pin Leads
11:54 Living With a FEV — Real Use, Real Range
15:03 Why WLTP MPG Figures Mean Nothing
17:51 The Hidden Emissions Debate — Manufacturing vs. Use
21:09 What Actually Matters When Buying a Car
23:49 Are EVs Ready for Everyone Yet?
26:50 When Hybrid Tech Meets Performance Cars
30:04 Porsche 911 GTS-T Hybrid — Engineering a Future 911
32:49 EVs, FEVs and Finding the Right Balance
53:50 Porsche Ownership: When “Bulletproof” Isn’t
57:10 The 718 Spyder — Rediscovering What Driving Feels Like
01:02:22 Porsche’s Next Chapter: ICE, Hybrid, or Electric?
01:10:49 Hydrogen, eFuels and Other Future Powertrains
01:18:07 Have We Hit the Speed Limit for Combustion Cars?
01:34:35 Restomods, Soul and the Future of Car Culture

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