SONO Motors, a German start-up company, is hoping to revolutionise the EV industry, aiming to release an all-electric car covered with solar panels and a range of 250km within the next two years. The company, headed by three young residents from the German city of Munich, has already crowd-funded $375,000 […]
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.
Ford Mustang GT4 revealed at SEMA show, ready to race
Ford has unveiled the Mustang GT4 race car at the 2016 SEMA show, for those hoping to purchase a new ‘Stang and head directly to the race track. Mustang GT4 is based on the Shelby GT3550R-C, which took out this year’s IMSA Continental Tyre SportsCar Challenge in its first season […]
Insane Toyota 86 with F136 V8 Ferrari 458 engine now drives (video)
The crew over at HMS Motorsport have completed work on the awesomely insane ‘GT4586’, a Toyota 86 that underwent a pretty serious Ferrari V8 engine conversion. We reported back in July that Ryan Tuerck and HMS Motorsport were well underway on the radical engine swap, now though, we’ve got eyes […]
Volkswagen denies dieselgate fix could damage engines – report
Volkswagen has categorically denied claims that its fix for diesel powertrains implicated in the dieselgate scandal could damage the engine. So far Volkswagen Group has refitted around 1.23 million vehicles with a software update, dismissing claims that the fix could harm the engine. Last week, German publication Spiegel published a […]
Mitsubishi posts quarterly loss following consumption scandal
Mitsubishi Motors has reported its first quarterly loss in just under six years, suffering from a decline in domestic sales after it cheated on fuel consumption criteria. Mitsubishi, which is Japan’s sixth-largest auto manufacturer, posted an operating loss of ¥36.2 billion (about AU$454 million), the first reported loss since June […]
Volkswagen’s shift to EV powertrains to cause up to 10,000 job cuts – report
Volkswagen’s move toward electrification could cost up to 10,000 jobs, according to an executive cited in reports. Karlheinz Blessing, Volkswagen’s head of human resources, told German publication Frankfurter Allgemeiine Zeitung that the company’s shift toward zero-emission powertrains will almost certainly result in thousands of lost jobs. “It’s not about dismantling […]
Mercedes-Benz EQ electric models to be built in Germany, 10 EVs to come by 2025
Mercedes-Benz has announced it will produce the first model from its sub-brand known as EQ in the German city of Bremen. The announcement was made overnight by Daimler, confirming that the first vehicle to be produced by EQ will hit the roads by the end of the decade. Mercedes has […]
Volkswagen operating profit drops in Q3, Porsche helps
Volkswagen’s earnings have plummeted by more than half in the third quarter through September, with subsidiary Porsche adding strong revenue figures. VW released its interim report that showed operating profit had dropped to US$396 million in the third quarter of 2016, in comparison to $801 million VW posted the same […]