Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has tweeted that the company has plans to open up access to its Supercharger network to other electric vehicle brands, potentially ending the exclusive rights that Tesla vehicles have enjoyed for years now. Tesla’s Supercharger network has more than 25,000 superchargers around the globe that offer […]
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.
MY2022 Aston Martin updates add power for DB11, new options for DBX, DBS
Aston Martin has confirmed some details for the model year 2022 rollout of its DB11, DBX, and new DBS which drops the Superleggera name. These include power upgrades as well as new interior and styling options. Aston has confirmed that the Mercedes-AMG 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 powering the DB11 has received […]
Gazoo Racing lets elite tuners work on 2022 Toyota GR 86 (video)
What better way to find out exactly how good your car is than by handing it over to some of the finest local tuning houses, and finding out what they can come up with. That’s exactly what Toyota’s racing division, Gazoo Racing, has done, giving a handful of renowned Japanese […]
Hennessey VelociRaptor 400 revealed, based on 2021 Ford Bronco
Hennessey, one of the world’s most ludicrous tuning houses and hypercar producers, has turned its head to the 2021 Ford Bronco and announced the VelociRaptor 400. Aside from looking badass, the package helps bring down the factory 0-100km/h sprint time to around 5.0 seconds. It’s known as the Hennessey VelociRaptor […]
Lexus RX testing Australia-first vehicle-to-infrastructure technology
Lexus has become the first auto manufacturer in Australia to join the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) technology development initiative, essentially allowing vehicles to talk to other vehicles, but more importantly in this context, talk with the infrastructure around the car. Lexus says that two specialised Lexus RX 450h models […]
2021 Hyundai Venue review
The compact SUV market is so fierce nowadays that Hyundai’s own lineup has started to cannibalise itself. The company has positioned the Venue as the brand’s entry-level compact SUV, followed by the Kona in the small SUV class. That’s because these are among the fastest-growing market segments. So what does […]
Video: How Forza Horizon 5 game creators develop in-game car sounds
Audiophiles and car enthusiasts rejoice, the developers of the smash-hit racing simulator Forza Horizon 5 have given us a sneak peek into how its team of audio engineers record audio samples for the game. And boy does it look like fun. The team behind Forza Horizon 5, Turn 10 and […]
Aston Martin Valhalla unveiled, swaps V6TT for AMG V8TT
Aston Martin has raised the curtain on its upcoming hybrid supercar, the Valhalla, ahead of market entry in 2023. Instead of featuring a brand-new twin-turbo V6 as previously revealed, the company decided to leverage on its partnership with Mercedes-AMG and adopt one of its V8s it prepared earlier. The Valhalla […]