Clarkson could kill the EV industry
http://road.cc/content/news/140896-top-back-sunday-bike-vs-electric-car-and-hovercraft-challenge-st-petersburg Top Gear back on Sunday with bike vs electric car and hovercraft challenge in St Petersburg by Simon_MacMichael January 21, 2015 [image http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleria_600/images/News/Top%20Gear%20in%20St%20Petersburg%20(picture%20-%20BBC).jpg Top Gear in St Petersburg (picture - BBC) video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkOzNK4l8KY Highlights - The Stig, Hammond,May and Clarkson Cross-London Race - Top Gear Top Gear Nov 3, 2008 (If you missed the London challenge when it screened back in 2008, here are YouTube highlights of it) ] Richard Hammond seeks to repeat 2008 cycling victory over Jeremy Clarkson and James May Top Gear returns to BBC Two this Sunday – and the opening episode of the new series will see Richard Hammond back in the saddle as he attempts to show Jeremy Clarkson and James May once again that a bicycle is the quickest way of getting around a city. Seven years ago, Hammond cycled flat out in a cross-London dash to City Airport to beat both of his co-hosts, with Clarkson second in a speedboat and May, who drove a Mercedes ML 4x4 pushed into fourth place by The Stig, who took public transport. This time the action switches to Russia’s second city, St Petersburg. Once again, Hammond will be pedalling, this time a road bike with drop handlebars. Clarkson is in a hovercraft – floating on a cushion of his own hot air, presumably – and May is in a Renault Twizy electric vehicle. The Stig, meanwhile, is on the city’s metro system. The episode airs on BBC Two at 8pm this Sunday evening, and for the first time the new season will be launched globally on the same day. [© road.cc] ... http://www.bbcamerica.com/top-gear/guide/season-22/episode-1/ Season 22: Episode 1 Premieres Monday, Jan 26 at 8:30pm ET [image http://www.bbcamerica.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/52/files/2015/01/Russia_03.gif ] Hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Russia, taking part in a race across the urban landscape of St Petersburg. May defends the honor of the car in a very small Renault, Hammond tries to prove that pedaling is faster by riding a bicycle, while Clarkson attempts to demonstrate that water is the quickest way across town by piloting a hovercraft. To make matters more complicated, all three presenters are racing not only one another but also the Stig, who is making his way toward the finish line by public transportation. Plus, the new Lamborghini Huracan is put through its paces and Ed Sheeran takes to the test track in the “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car” segment. [© 2015 BBC] http://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/quentin-willson-clarkson-kill-electric-vehicle-industry-0120962214 Quentin Willson: “Clarkson could kill the electric vehicle industry” January 20, 2015 Andrew Brady [image http://pullzone1.motoringresearch.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Clarkson.jpg Quentin Willson: “Clarkson could kill the electric vehicle industry” ] Ex-Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson has hit out at Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC over “crap reporting” on electric cars. It follows a feature on Inside Out London this week about electric vehicles and whether the capital city is ready for them. Presenter Iwan Thomas joined motoring journalist Simon Rockman in the UK’s most popular electric car, the Nissan Leaf. The pair found it difficult to charge the car in London, as charging points were either out of service, in use, or obstructed by conventional non-electric cars. The programme concluded that, although electric cars could be the answer to London’s pollution problems, they’ll never catch on unless the infrastructure is improved. But Willson took to Twitter to say that the BBC needs to talk to long-term electric car owners, saying that “Top Gear dictates [an] editorial lead,” and the “damage done by crap BBC reporting to growth of EV industry [is] a scandal.” He lashed out at previous Top Gear co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson, saying “Clarkson [and the] BBC effect could kill the EV industry and millions of jobs.” Produced in Britain at Nissan’s Sunderland plant, over 56,000 Nissan Leafs were sold across Europe last year. Willson added that “7 million Prius prove battery tech is reliable,” and the “BBC [is] anti EV because of Top Gear.” He also answered criticisms that electric cars are too expensive, claiming that “used EVs [cost] less than £10,000 and save £1,000 in fuel per annum. 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