Hyundai’s first-ever entry into the world of electric vehicle has managed to take the crown away from BMW’s i3 and snatch the EPA’s official fuel economy rating’s top spot for the lowest consumption. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Hyundai the top spot due to the IONIQ’s 28kWh battery […]
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.
Volvo’s Polestar division working on potent EVs
Volvo’s performance arm Polestar has confirmed it is working on a range of electrified models to compete with the likes of Mercedes-AMG and BMW’s M division. As reported back in July last year, after a 19-year motorsport partnership, Volvo acquired 100 per cent stake in the Swedish tuning house. Among […]
Volkswagen CC production ends, replacement coming – report
Volkswagen has called for the end of production for its CC four-door coupe in preparation for its replacement, which is set for a 2017 debut. Autocar is reporting that Volkswagen has ended the CC’s production run at its German assembly lines, while the factories prepare for the production of its […]
Lamborghini Aventador S trademark found, for 2017 facelift?
Lamborghini is known to be planning a mid-cycle refresh for the Aventador, with more power and styling tweaks likely, as well as a potential ‘S’ suffix joining the name. The news comes after Lamborghini was caught out submitting a trademark entry to the European Union Intellectual Property Office for the […]
Insane 1380kW Honda Civic breaks FWD 1/4 mile record (video)
The quarter-mile record for a front-wheel drive car has been broken by a 20-year-old Honda Civic with 560,000km on the clock. Yes, you read correctly. SpeedFactory Racing has claimed the coveted record with a 7.61-second quarter-mile sprint, crossing the line at 323km/h. It also set a new speed trap record. […]
Bologna airport gets Lamborghini Huracan guide car
Bologna airport is the latest recipient of a Lamborghini Huracan which is set to be used as a ‘follow me’ car for commercial aircraft at the busy airport. The loan to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi airport comes from Lamborghini’s Centro Stile design house, just a 30-minute drive away. The Huracan will […]
NextEV NIO EP9 is China’s latest electric supercar, 1000kW (video)
Chinese EV manufacturer NextEV has launched a new sub-brand named NIO and debuted its first model, the NIO EP9. And it looks as though Tesla is no longer the lone benchmark for EV speed. NextEV took to the Saatchi Gallery in London to unveil its first electric hypercar, along with […]
Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs, help pay for emissions scandal
Volkswagen has announced wide scale redundancies across its workforce, with up to 30,000 jobs set to be cut in the aftermath of the dieselgate scandal. The announcement was made by VW CEO Matthias Mueller at a news conference at Volkswagen HQ in Wolfsburg, saying the job cuts represent “the biggest […]