Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Although some research among UK consumers has shown cynicism resulting from questions in popular culture and the mass media over the credibility of climate science and data, a recent poll for the BBC suggested that these events have had less influence on British public opinion than the cold winter. 3% said they did not know.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2014

It’s very hard not to imagine someone sitting at a desk in the BBC news department tapping a chewed ball point pen on their desk as they mutter, ‘there must be another way we can spin an anti-electric car story, there must!’ Well, they obviously had a good day, the latest is a doozie. Electric Ca[.]. Electric cars Editor Pick'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Wave rotor technology has been explored since 1906, although its first significant application was in 1940 by Brown Boveri Company (BBC, today ABB) which used it as a high pressure stage for a gas turbine locomotive engine. Mazda produced 150,000 Comprex diesel cars.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2014

Bamboo could be the next carbon fiber, according to a new article on BBC Autos (only visible in U.S., Carbon fiber now appears poised to enter the mainstream of automotive materials, but a less high-tech material could be waiting in the wings as well. apparently).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2012

EcoBoost also took part, with drivers Paul and Doug Clifton, from BBC South, producing 61.93 Ford’s ECOnetic technology significantly assists the efficiency of Fiesta and FiestaVan models, by combining Start/Stop technology, combustion and calibration improvements, smart regenerative charging and revised gear ratios among other enhancements.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 17, 2011

The BBC’s recent electric car challenge (see story) has attracted criticism and controversy for what environmentalists are calling an unfair portrayal of electric cars. The recent challenge saw BBC journalist Brian Milligan drive an electric Mini from London to Edinburgh, using only publicly accessible charging points.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

The MD Series cab design features a short bumper-to-back-of-cab (BBC) measurement of 103 inches, an industry best. Designed with the heavy-duty quality of its diesel-powered counterparts, the MD Electric is available in 4x2 configurations featuring a sharp wheel cut for enhanced maneuverability in tight urban settings.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Now, a laboratory test conducted by the BBC appears to have shown that the software is programmed to. Around 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars worldwide were equipped with "defeat device" software that allowed them to cheat on emissions tests, VW has said. But initially, it was only confirmed that the cars actually violated U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 9, 2011

A little over a week ago, the BBC aired an episode of its popular motoring entertainment program Top Gear in which presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May searched in vain for an electric-car charging station. They needed to recharge their fully-drained 2011 Nissan Leaf in the rural English county of Lincolnshire.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2011

For as long as we can remember, there’s been an ongoing love-to-hate relationship between the BBC's Top Gear show and electric cars. Until yesterday that is, when Top Gear Magazine caught everyone off guard by announcing that its Luxury Car of The Year was none other than the $95,900 Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

If Shell produces lots of emissions, it's really the fault of consumers, says the BBC.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 11, 2010

The electric car revolution has arrived in Norway thanks to home-grown car manufacturer Think and the BBC. A convoy of 60 vehicles hit the streets as part of the BBC documentary Electric Ride which is now a quarter of the way through its month long, 4,000 miles odyssey around Europe in a Think City electric car.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2010

Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, THINK, has provided a brand new City model to the BBC for a documentary about the first drive of an EV around Europe. BBC Electric Ride will see a documentary team of four, led by presenter Peter Curran, leave London next week and drive straight to Harwich to catch a ferry to [.].

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2023

Elon Musk slammed a reporter from the BBC who accused him of allowing hateful content to be more available and visible on Twitter. ICYMI – BBC reporter caught out by Elon Musk on “hate speech.” The full encounter is available below.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2013

And on Tuesday, reports the BBC, a new electric land speed record was.' At the weekend, Audi''s R18 e-tron, a diesel-electric hybrid race car, took victory at the Le Mans 24-hour race. Also at Le Mans, Nissan unveiled its 2014 competitor for the race, the ZEOD RC electric prototype.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 6, 2021

There’s a chance that self-driving vehicles will be allowed on the roads in the UK by the end of this year, the BBC reports. Automated lane-keeping systems (ALKS) would be the first type of hands-free driving that is legalized, said the Department for Transport. This technology controls the position and speed of a car in […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2009

The German government has agreed to Magna International acquiring Opel from GM. The deal was announced early Saturday morning in Berlin by Germany’s finance minister. The German government is expected to provide an immediate loan facility of 1.5bn euros ($2.1bn, £1.3bn).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Working together, I am pleased the commitments to the BBC have grown from the initial $500 million and 300 million square feet that we announced in June at CGI America, to the $2 billion investment with over 1 billion square feet of retrofitted space that we are announcing today.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

The Model 365 has a 115” BBC and is available in both set-forward and set-back axle configurations and sets the standard for quality, durability, productivity and environmental responsibility for a vocational application.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 22, 2021

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that no new fossil fuel boilers should be sold anymore starting in 2025 if the world really wants to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the BBC has reported. The agency published a special report and noted that this is just one of 400 steps on the road to net-zero […].

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 6, 2007

The World , a PRI/BBC radio collaboration, has a report on the problems bringing Iceland's hydrogen dream to fruition. Still only one filling station, now without any customers. The hydrogen busses have been retired to a museum. With abundant renewable electricity, if it can't happen there, it can't happen anywhere.

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Hydrogen Iceland BBC Renewable 100

Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2011

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla says BBC TV show Top Gear falsely stated that the Tesla Roadster could only travel 55 miles before needing to recharge, according to Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman.

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All Cars Electric

JANUARY 27, 2011

But the recent BBC "Mini Adventure," a 484-mile journey from London to Edinburgh in a Mini E, has caught fire like nothing I've seen in a while. by Chelsea Sexton Slanted, anti-EV reporting is hardly a new thing, and I suspect we're in for a lot more of it in 2011 as plug-in vehicles hit showrooms.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 31, 2011

It's the episode electric car enthusiasts have been itching to see- and now the guys at BBC motoring show Top Gear have tested two electric cars to see whether they make any sense for the car buying public. Now we already know that Top Gear hasn't had the greatest history with electric cars.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 18, 2010

Speaking to the BBC, Lord Mandelson said: “By working together we can achieve our aim of making the UK a world-leader in ultra-low carbon vehicles.”. Government ministers backed the move by Nissan. When the Leaf begins production in 2013, the company plans to roll out 50,000 vehicles a year.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 30, 2011

About two years ago BBC’s Top Gear aired a test drive of the then relatively new Tesla Roadster. While this was seen as a major boon for Tesla, the light shone on its all-electric sports car by the popular show was somewhat less than flattering. In fact, it was rather downbeat.

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All-Electric BBC Tesla Electrical 90

Creative Greenius

MARCH 6, 2019

The first media notice Greta got was from the BBC in September of last year. But I’ve been amazed by the number of people I know who link at me with a blank stare when I mention Greta and the #FridaysForFuture movement that she began last fall in Sweden, they look at me with a blank stare.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 3, 2011

It doesn’t take a scientist to tell you that the team behind BBC’s Top Gear really don’t like electric cars. Everything from the humble G-Wiz through to the mighty Tesla Roadster and the fresh-faced Nissan Leaf have fallen foul of their comical but factually inept portrayal of electric cars.

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All Cars Electric

JANUARY 13, 2011

Yesterday we covered the unexpected electric car challenge from a Tesla fan to the BBC journalist driving the 400+ mile trip from London to Edinburgh in a prototype 2009 MINI E David Peilow, a regular at TeslaMotorsClub.Com, took some time off from his work to prove that not all electric cars were slow and impractical for long-distance driving.

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All Cars Electric

JANUARY 17, 2011

What happens when the masked marvel of the highly popular and highly anti-electric car BBC Show Top Gear leaves? He starts racing electric cars, of course.

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Teslarati

MAY 28, 2024

Rawlinson’s comments were shared in a recent episode of BBC’s Wake Up To Money. Thanks to @BBC for chatting with our own Peter Rawlinson about the inevitable transition to sustainable transportation. The Lucid CEO worked at Tesla from 2009 to 2012, and he played a part in the development of the Model S sedan. .

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2014

EV advocates Robert Llewellyn and David Peilow managed a London to Edinburgh trip over the weekend in a 2013 model Nissan LEAF in just over 13 hours; smashing the four days it took BBC jour[.]. Electric cars Nissan Tesla Motors Robert Llewellyn'

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London BBC Nissan Tesla Motors 77

Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2025

As noted in a BBC News report, the Cybertruck was illegal to drive in the U.K. In comments, the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) noted that the vehicle was illegal to drive in the U.K. The details: The Greater Manchester Police stopped the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck in Whitefield, Bury on Thursday night. due to safety concerns.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

A BBC article [ 9 ] upped the stakes on Thursday the 9 th with an article on carbon emissions that characterized “the lower target of 1.5 BBC: 15 December 2009. [ BBC, 10 December 2009. [ We’ve had our proposal [for an agreement that would bind all countries to emissions cuts in service of a 1.5º Not the last two days.”.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2011

A Tesla Roadster may not have really whirred to a halt in the 2008 episode of Top Gear - since at the center of a long, drawn out legal battle - but the maker's court case against the BBC programme is definitely running out of juice.

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Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2023

For instance, while the BBC is correctly labeled as “publically funded ,” none of its affiliate accounts have received the same tag. In retaliation to Elon Musk’s upheld policy decision, some Twitter users have pointed out that the policy is unevenly applied to other media organizations outside the United States.

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Teslarati

JULY 10, 2024

As noted in a previous BBC report, Twitter’s severance plan indicates that staff are entitled to receive a minimum of two months base salary plus a cash contribution towards health insurance and other benefits. The lawsuit was filed by Courtney McMillian, Twitter’s former “head of total rewards,” as well as another ex-manager.

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