Polestar has taken the wraps off its highly-anticipated answer to rivals like the BMW iX and the Tesla Model X with its Polestar 3 fully electric SUV. It has been confirmed for Australia, following the Polestar 2, and comes in as the first Polestar to run on a NVIDIA DRIVE […]
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.
MY24 Jaguar F-Type 75 edition celebrates final model year
Jaguar has announced the launch of its final ever F-Type model year, the MY24, designed as a homage to both its ten-year sales history and the 75th anniversary of Jaguar itself, with the launch of the F-Type 75. The farewell for the F-Type comes as Jaguar plans to replace it […]
Nissan exits Russian market, sells facilities for 1 euro
Nissan has announced that it has made its official exit from the Russian market, although sales of Nissan vehicles will continue in the near future under a state-owned automotive research group, with local Nissan employee protection of up to 12 months. Back in March, Nissan suspended manufacturing, imports and sales […]
KW releases coilover suspension kit for the all-electric BMW i4
The suspension wizards over at KW have released a new plug and play suspension package for the all-electric BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe, as the world of performance hardware for battery-electric vehicles continues to expand. KW says that its new stainless steel DDC coilover kit is designed to work alongside […]
Polestar sales up 100% in first 9 months of 2022, 9215 units in Q3
Volvo’s electric vehicle spinoff, Polestar, has bucked the industry’s downwind and reported some impressive delivery figures for the third quarter, ahead of what it anticipates to be an even bigger quarter to round out the year. All up, Polestar reported 9215 global deliveries in third quarter of 2022, which has […]
Rivian share price tumbles after safety recall impacts 92% of deliveries
Californian electric vehicle maker, Rivian, has seen its share price hit by a steep drop after recalling 13,000 vehicles for a potential safety issue which accounted for 92 per cent of its overall deliveries. Rivian started producing customer orders in the third quarter of 2021, and has so far delivered […]
Tesla’s Chinese Gigafactory hits record-setting production pace
Tesla is celebrating a huge surge of momentum from Chinese buyers after reporting record-setting sales, just months after lengthy production suspensions staggered growth. All up, Tesla sold 83,135 vehicles produced at its Shanghai Gigafactory, smashing its previous record-setting month of deliveries back in June when Tesla produced 78,906 units, according […]
Toyota production cuts for October 2022; Corolla, Prado, Lexus affected
Toyota has once again been forced to adjust its production schedule, with the world’s largest automaker apologising for the repeated adjustments amid parts shortages. The most recent change to Toyota’s production schedule involves five production lines across five manufacturing plants, out of a total of 28 lines in 14 plants. […]