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Select Electric Motor Show brings future tech into focus at British Motor Show in 2021

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The British Motor Show is set to arrive at Farnborough International Expo Centre in August with a little extra this year, an entire hall dedicated to electric motoring. British Motor Show CEO Andy Entwistle commented: “We’ve been using the recent lockdown and also our Pop-Up Motor Show in Basingstoke to refine some of our plans.

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Tesla Cybertruck named “Disruptor of the Year” in Top Gear 2023 awards

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One of these was granted by British motoring magazine Top Gear, which gave the Tesla Cybertruck its “Disruptor of the Year” award for 2023. Following the lawsuit, Tesla would stop providing its cars to Top Gear for testing, though presenters such as Richard Hammond did test a Model S in a written article for The Mirror.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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When BMW bought the Rover Group in 1994, the original Mini (which began production by the British Motor Corporation in 1959) was still being built. It took about a decade for the 21st-century Mini to begin showing up in car graveyards in large numbers, and they remain easy to find today. Here's an '07 Cooper S model in a Colorado yard.

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2011 Nissan Leaf Won't Depreciate As Quickly As Critics Had Feared

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Remember the June rantings of British motoring journalist Mike Rutherford, who warned in his column for the Telegraph that cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf would retain just 10% of its original value three years after purchase?

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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