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Porsche has confirmed the Mission E Cross Turismo will be going into production, creating 300 new jobs at its Zuffenhausen headquarters in the process. A derivative of the all-electric Taycan – previously known as the Mission E – the Cross Turismo is a high-riding sportswagon capable of driving 500 kilometres per charge, and claims to sprint from 0-100 in just 3.5 seconds.

Ford has teased a new electrified Mustang model of some kind, but whether it's the rumoured 'Mach 1' SUV or a proper electric-boosted take on the current coupe remains to be seen. Whatever the car is, it was teased as part of the Built Ford Proud advertising campaign released last week. Featuring a closed-over grille and a blue outline for the traditional pony badge, there's no doubt it features some form of electric power.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Chargefox have today announced the first brand-agnostic high-speed charge network for electric vehicles Down Under. Renewable energy will be used to power all 21 stations, which will link Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Stations will also be set up north and south of Perth. Stations will be no more than 200km apart, and will support the full range of electric vehicles on sale in Australia at the moment.

Jaguar took the XE to its logical extreme with the Project 8, squeezing a 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine making 441kW and 700Nm under the mid-sized sedan's body. Unfortunately, very few were built. Just 300 left-hook examples rolled forth from the factory, making it a seriously rare cat.

The Audi RS4 has over two decades of history behind it, so what better way to measure its progress by lining up its various iterations? Mat Watson from Carwow managed to get three generations of RS4 (including the current one) and the original RS2 together for an old-school drag race and some one-on-one time to see how far the German performance wagon has come since the mid-1990s.