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Title	The $845,000 Porsche 918 Hybrid Spyder: Redefining the Supercar

Creator	Abdulhak, Ismail Smith, Trent Andrew

Description	As a result of the role of the automobile in contributing to carbon emissions and in symbolizing the overconsumption of scarce no n-renewable fuel reso urces coupled with the increased media focus on climat e change governments all over the world are intervening in the automobile market with regulation. Rising world oil prices and consumer preferences for enviro nmentally friendly goods has driven automobile manufacture rs to research, develop an d market alternative drive systems. Such advancements are now commo n in the family car market with hybrid electric as well as fully electric cars now ava ilable. However, Porsche are blazing a new trail with their introduction of the new 918 hybrid Sp yder. They plan to trigger acceptance for low emission hybrid drive systems in a market that has had few viable or perhaps even acceptable alternatives to the gasoline combustion engi ne – the supercar segment.

Publisher	Deakin University

Contributor	—

Date	2011-07-01

Type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion —

Format	application/pdf

Identifier	https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/dpibe/article/view/183 10.21153/dpibe2011vol4no1art183

Source	Deakin Papers on International Business Economics; Vol 4, No 1 (2011); 37-45 2206-4060

Language	eng

Relation	https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/dpibe/article/view/183/212

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