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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

The Truth About Cars

In reality the race ran its initial course until 2007, then was canceled in 2008 due to intense security concerns in Mauritania. James goes to a library and handles a book that’s 500 years old. This special is now half over, but already long out of juice. Renamed Dakar, from 2009 to 2019 the race ran in South America.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In In 2008, in one of his characteristic random oves, he decided to move on. Our booking was mistakenly done for the same day checkout. It’s a Zen feeling.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Hybrids are a proven winner, but a series-hybrid (range extended EV), such as the Volt takes things to a much higher level with existing and "mostly" affordable tech. Now Im starting to smell a "crock of Shit" from GM.

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