Toyota has announced details of its first ever battery-electric SUV, known as the bZ4x, which rides on a special EV platform. Deliveries are set to begin in the middle of 2022. After making its concept debut at the Shanghai Motor Show, Toyota has now shed some light on the new […]
Alexi Falson
Alexi is an automotive road tester and news editor at PerformanceDrive. He appreciates the complexity of modern vehicle engineering and loves to keep his hands greasy working on motorbikes and cars. He prefers wagons over SUVs, vans over utes and reads more news than your Grandma.
Top 10 best sports cars coming to Australia in 2022
While it might seem like all the major manufacturers out there are channelling their money toward family-friendly crossovers and SUVs, there’s no need for despair. Sports cars might not be the most profitable part of a manufacturer’s bottom line, but they are, for a number of brands, an absolutely essential […]
Ford showcases endless personalisation options for Bronco for SEMA
Ford is showcasing some of the endless design modifications and personal touches possible on its new Ford Bronco, debuting six incredibly unique custom builds for the SEMA show. The custom build treatment was given to four examples of the all-new Bronco, as well as two Bronco Sport variants that have […]
Porsche celebrates 1.21gW charging infrastructure, goes Back to the Future
Porsche is celebrating a major milestone for electric vehicle charging infrastructure network across the USA and Europe, putting together a Back to the Future-inspired clip featuring one of the original movie cast members. The recently-published clip was commissioned by Porsche to celebrate EV charging network officially hitting 1.21 gigawatts of […]
Elon Musk says Hertz received no discount on record 100,000-unit order
Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has announced that despite Hertz placing the single-largest order of electric vehicles we’ve ever seen, the rental car company received no discount on the order of 100,000 Model 3s. Tesla and Hertz both made waves yesterday after news of Hertz placing an order for 100,000 Model […]
Mercedes-AMG One production to finally start in 2022 – report
After an insanely drawn-out development process, Mercedes looks set to begin production of the AMG One hypercar and commence customer deliveries at some point in 2022, according to a recent report. We first reported on the Mercedes-AMG Project One back in 2017 when all we had to go off were […]
Panasonic develops prototype battery for Tesla, lower production costs
Panasonic has announced it is working on a new, large prototype battery with five-times the capacity of a typical cell that has also been designed to lower production costs specifically for Tesla, who it has shared a close working relationship with. The prototype was unveiled by Kazuo Tadanobu during a […]
Brembo to introduce revolutionary SENSIFY brake system by 2024
Brembo has announced plans to introduce a revolutionary new braking system that is said to be equally as disruptive to the industry as the introduction of anti-lock brakes (ABS), and it is set to arrive from 2024. Called SENSIFY, it manages to integrate artificial intelligence into the braking system of […]