Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2013

It''s been a good week for electric vehicles in motor sport. 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.

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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 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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Blink Charging

MARCH 6, 2024

Chelsea Sexton Chelsea Sexton, the co-founder of EV advocacy group Plug In America , has been involved with EVs since the 1990s when General Motors was developing their first modern EV. The group’s membership includes individuals from the U.S., Japan, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, and various other countries.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2014

In an interview with the BBC, Musk strongly implied that the firm was looking at freeing up its technology patents, so other carmakers coul[.]. Electric cars Tesla Motors Editor Pick'

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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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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2022

BBC Archive ] I find the sound effects in this video to be very confusing. With Spot bringing the sensors to their assets, the team collects valuable information about the thermal condition of pumps and motors, as well as taking analog gauge readings. He shows us some of the robotic prototypes he has been working on.

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Green Cars News

MAY 31, 2013

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[.]. Radio DJ Mark Goodier has become the first person in the UK to take delivery of the newly British-built Nissan LEAF. Electric cars Nissan'

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

While the industry is unregulated some of the lads started using electric motors (hub motors) similar to those produced by golden motor and run these pedicabs on the lead acid or gel batteries. External resources: BBC NEWS - [link]. The problem with it is that these are too slow and are messing around.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In what is seen as a major shift in power in the auto industry, a BBC report is suggesting that Toyota is planning to manufacture key components of its hybrid cars outside Japan for the first time. According to the report, the company is likely to manufacture both electric motors and batteries at its Chinese [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 7, 2010

Shares in the electric carmaker, Tesla have fallen below its offer price, just a week after beginning trading in New York, the BBC reports. Tags: Tesla Motors car electric Roadster shares Tesla trading. The Silicon Valley firm known for its electric supercar, the Roadster, saw shares in its company drop to $15.83

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2012

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 [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A high court judge ruled that the BBC show did not imply that Tesla misled motorists by claiming its Roadster car had a 200 mile range. Electric sport car firm Tesla has lost an important part of its libel lawsuit against Top Gear. The show first broadcast in 2008, showed the Tesla Roadster being tested [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The popular car scrappage scheme is set to be extended the BBC reports. The decision follows campaigns from motor industry bodies including the SMMT and RMIF calling for the scheme to be extended. Concerns have been raised that car sales could fall dramatically and motor manufacturing jobs lost without continued support.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 30, 2011

Electric supercar maker, Tesla is to sue the BBC programme Top Gear over allegations that a road test of its Roadster model featured on the show over two years ago, falsely portrayed the car’s performance. According to the company’s blog, the firm is only now bringing the case to court as it was only a [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 1, 2011

Then it announces it is to bring a court case against the BBC show, Top Gear for libel and malicious falsehood over a [.]. First, it marks a milestone 10 million miles driven by owners of its first electric model, the Roadster (see story).

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam sent between buildings at the University of Maryland.

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Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

The Mustang Mach-E was driven by BBC transport correspondent Clifton, Fergal McGrath, and Kevin Brooker, all of whom are well-versed in efficiency-focused driving. The team also utilized one of the Mustang Mach-E’s Extended Range variants, which features a single motor powering the rear wheels and an 88 kWh battery.

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Plug In India

MAY 3, 2022

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. The PMSM motor is not being made in house, but there are plans to do that soon. Since then he has stayed with the same battery. In extreme cold, there is a drop of about 5% in range. But age related range degradation has not been significant.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. April 18, 2009 7:41 am Link I hope Kent B.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Recycling of dead cells will become a big spin-off industry just like re-built motors are today, and all will be well in America, slower, but off of oil, and better, more sustainable - you know, more “Granola&# — Uncle B 8. April 13, 2009 3:28 am Link The driver has a killer stash!

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