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Many observers are forecasting that the world’s transition to electriccars will take place much sooner than expected. Now, BBC is also joining the fray. Originally published on EVANNEX. “What makes the end of the internal combustion engine inevitable is a technological revolution.
A new study confirms what electriccar drivers already know: that EVs are cleaner than gasoline cars, even when emissions from electricity generation are factored in. The only.
has always had a cautious view of the benefits of electric vehicles, often choosing to illustrate the limited range of electriccars in articles rather than the positive benefits. In typical form the latest BBC feature, a four-day trek from.
Despite being embroiled in a sworded libel court-case with californian electriccar maker Tesla Motors for false representation of its $109,000 sexy all-electric sportscar. the BBC’s Top Gear program has just been spied in Lincoln, England - filming its latest electriccar escapade.
For as long as we can remember, there’s been an ongoing love-to-hate relationship between the BBC's Top Gear show and electriccars. 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.
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-electriccar story, there must!’ Electric Ca[.]. Electriccars Editor Pick'
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.
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. And on Tuesday, reports the BBC, a new electric land speed record was.'
The BBC’s recent electriccar challenge (see story) has attracted criticism and controversy for what environmentalists are calling an unfair portrayal of electriccars. However a consortium of EV supporters have criticised the [.].
It doesn’t take a scientist to tell you that the team behind BBC’s Top Gear really don’t like electriccars. 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 electriccars.
Yesterday we covered the unexpected electriccar 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 electriccars were slow and impractical for long-distance driving.
The electriccar 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 electriccar.
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. BBCElectric 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 [.].
must renegotiate portions of its Brexit trade in or possibility dropping portions of its automobile trade, the BBC reported. The automaker dedicated to creating electricalcars within the U.Ok., The automaker dedicated to creating electricalcars within the U.Ok., Stellantis has mentioned that U.Ok. have been keep.
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.
Nissan Leaf ElectricCar to be Made in the UK. “Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced today that it would build its new energy efficient electriccar, the Nissan Leaf, in the UK. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].
It's the episode electriccar enthusiasts have been itching to see- and now the guys at BBC motoring show Top Gear have tested two electriccars 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 electriccars.
The BBC''s relationship with electriccars and its reporting on them have been under scrutiny before, but perhaps no more so than when journalist Brian Milligan took a Mini E electriccar from London to Edinburgh just over three years ago. Electriccars Nissan'
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. This technology controls the position and speed of a car in […].
What happens when the masked marvel of the highly popular and highly anti-electriccarBBC Show Top Gear leaves? He starts racing electriccars, of course.
One of three long-time hosts of BBC's long-running "Top Gear" TV show, Clarkson was fired after punching a producer. DON'T MISS: Tesla Vs BBC: Top. The things celebrities say. His costars quit soon afterward.
A mission to disprove a myth; that electriccars are useless for long distance journeys, went without a hitch. 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[.].
Those crafty chaps known as the BBC Top Gear team may have thought they got away with their recent review of the 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Peugeot iOn (a rebadged predecessor to the 2012 Mitsubishi i) - but they would be wrong. The fur started flying yesterday, when Nissan Senior Vice President Andy Palmer gave an interview to The Times.
It’s been two weeks since Californian electric automaker filed papers against the BBC’s Top Gear for libel in relation to a segment the popular entertainment show did on Tesla’s all-electric Roadster back in 2008.
London has only achieved 3 per cent of its targeted uptake for electriccars, according to the BBC, despite the city mayor’s ambitious plans for battery powered models. The mayor, Boris Johnson wanted to see 100,000 electric vehicles on the capital’s roads by 2020. Electriccars'
Production of the Tata Indica EV has begun in Coventry, according to the BBC. The Indian car maker, which owns Jaguar Land Rover, has taken on 23 people to help build 1,500 models of its first electriccar set to launch in the UK. The Indica EV is expected to retail for around £25,000 to [.].
Electriccar charging infrastructure in the UK is falling short of government-set targets, according to research conducted by the BBC. The BBC found that just 704 of the 4,700 expected to be installed by the end of the [.]. Just over a tenth of the recharging points needed in the UK have been built so far.
The BBC’ Brian Milligan has successfully made in to Edinburgh in an electric Mini after setting out four days ago from London. The challenge to drive the length of the country in an electric model has not been without its challenges for Brian, who estimates that with the time taken to recharge the vehicle during [.].
Social workers in the Scottish Borders will be given a pool of electriccars to use, after the local council approved a trial scheme of EVs. According to the BBC, the pilot scheme has been made possible by a £105,000 low carbon vehicle grant from the Scottish government. Three EV cars, costing more than £30,000 [.].
Swedish carmaker has indeed being sold to a Chinese-Swedish investment group with the intention of turning the firm into a maker of electric vehicles, the BBC confirms this afternoon.
Following an 840-mile trip in Great Britain that required only two short charging stops, the all-electric performance crossover was able to set the Guinness World Record for EV efficiency with an impressive average of 6.54 “This record is about demonstrating that electriccars are now viable for everyone. miles per kWh.
The ‘iconic’ Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust built by Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond on BBC’s very successful Top Gear programme has been added to the World of Top Gear attraction at Beaulieu – home of the national Motor Museum. Tags: Electriccarselectriccar Top Gear.
Ambitious plans to expand the uptake of electric vehicles could see Yorkshire become the home of over 700 electric charging points. Tags: Electriccars charging points city CO2Sense Plugged-in Places Yorkshire.
The electric Think City car has much to celebrate this morning after the BBC’s pioneering 4,500 mile, 12 country European trek in the electric model was successfully completed with the arrival back in London yesterday.
Tesla could be considering opening up its patents, in order to develop a bigger market for electriccars, the firm’s CEO, Elon Musk has hinted in recent days. In an interview with the BBC, Musk strongly implied that the firm was looking at freeing up its technology patents, so other carmakers coul[.].
Electriccars may no longer the reserve of the city, after the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) in the Scottish Highlands took delivery of an adapted Vauxhall Astra. Testing of electric vehicles hasn’t really happened outside of cities so I think what we are doing here is innovative and really quite brave!
Citroën AMI honoured with the ‘Technology Award’ in Auto Express New Car Awards 2021. This is the latest accolade for the French brand’s innovative 100% electric mobility solution, following on from wins in the BBC Top Gear magazine Electric Awards 2020 and GQ Car Awards earlier this year.
The former Top of the Pops host, best know for presenting the UK top 40 on BBC Radio One, is replaying his number one motoring moment by collecting his new 2013 Nissan LEAF, a[.]. Electriccars Nissan' Radio DJ Mark Goodier has become the first person in the UK to take delivery of the newly British-built Nissan LEAF.
Clara played a significant role in popularizing electric vehicles before the First World War. She drove a Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham model car , as electriccars were considered safer than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the early 20 th century, which had a tendency to experience occasional explosions.
First, it marks a milestone 10 million miles driven by owners of its first electric model, the Roadster (see story). Then it announces it is to bring a court case against the BBC show, Top Gear for libel and malicious falsehood over a [.].
As Renault faces a rather baffling court case against it over the use of the name ZOE for one of its forthcoming electriccars (see the BBC news story), in better news, the French carmaker has launched its most fuel efficient car ever. With its range of electriccars not due to hit the road [.].
Electric carmaker Tesla has brought forward the production of its latest model, the Model S sedan car according to the BBC. Deliveries to the first customer in the US will now start in June, a month earlier than expected. Tesla is eager to bring its new model to the market after it finished production of [.].
According to the BBC, leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas said she wanted to see the region benefit from an expansion of green jobs. Tags: Green credentials Caroline Lucas Electriccars Green Party manufacturing West Midlands. Speaking at the West Midlands Politics Show, Ms Lucas said there was [.].
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