Safety regulator NHTSA in the U.S. has concluded there were no defects or compliance failures on Tesla’s behalf in the case of the fatal Tesla Model S Autopilot crash involving a truck last year. The case was significant for both Tesla and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), considering […]
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.
Next Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ to adopt hybrid tech – rumour
Toyota and Subaru may be planning on utilising some form of hybridisation in the next generation 86/BRZ models when they arrive in 2020, according to rumour. The rumour in question stems from an autoevolution report, addressing the possibility of the ‘Toyobaru’ co-development employing electrification to add some extra muscle for […]
2017 Kia Rio on sale in Australia from $16,990
Kia Australia has introduced the latest generation, 2017 Rio, promising an enhanced ride specifically tuned for Australia, alongside more safety and entertainment tech. The Kia Rio has underpinned Kia’s success here in Australia and around the world, with its annual sales of 500,000 accounting for 16 per cent of Kia’s […]
Tesla Panasonic to expand partnership, develop autonomous tech
Electronics giant Panasonic has signalled its intention to expand its partnership with Tesla Motors over the current battery-supply agreement. Panasonic is set to be attempting to pivot away from purely electronics and expand its automotive portfolio. CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga has made recent comments suggesting Panasonic is planning on more investment […]
Carmakers continue Mexico production plans, despite Trump – study
Manufacturers will continue to invest in Mexican production, despite public threats from US president Donald Trump, according to a recent study. The study in question was formulated by LMC Automotive, who released its forecast model for vehicle output of eight major manufacturers, split between the U.S.A, Canada and Mexico. Detroit’s […]
Ex-VW boss Winterkorn denies knowing about defeat devices
Volkswagen’s ex-CEO, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, has told German lawmakers he was unaware of the existence of any defeat devices fitted to 11 million VW vehicles before late August, 2015. Winterkorn, who has since resigned from his position as CEO, stated it was “incomprehensible why I wasn’t informed early and […]
Maserati salesman killed in Ghibli crash, after selfie video
An employee at a Maserati dealership has been tragically killed in a car crash, shortly after posting a video of himself accelerating in a 2017 Ghibli. Brandon Gianopoulos, a 24-year-old salesmen at Mike Ward Maserati, just outside Denver, Colorado, lost his life in a wreck involving a Maserati that was […]
Tesla Model 3 components to be built at Gigafactory
Tesla Motors has announced another expansion package that will see an additional $350 million of investment in the U.S. The announcement was made not by CEO Elon Musk, but the Governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, during a recent State of the State address, which you can check out here. Attending […]