Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Today, a BBC test shows that Volkswagen "defeat device" software violates European emissions standards, the Tesla Model X electric crossover is priced from $81,200, and VW says it will update software in models equipped with 3.0-liter All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeks "hardcore" engineers to.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2016

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.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2014

Tesla could be considering opening up its patents, in order to develop a bigger market for electric cars, 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[.].

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2011

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla says BBC TV show Top Gear falsely stated that the Tesla Roadster could only travel 55 miles before needing to recharge, according to Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 30, 2011

About two years ago BBC’s Top Gear aired a test drive of the then relatively new Tesla Roadster. While this was seen as a major boon for Tesla, the light shone on its all-electric sports car by the popular show was somewhat less than flattering. What makes the matter so hard to swallow for Tesla are facts.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 3, 2011

It doesn’t take a scientist to tell you that the team behind BBC’s Top Gear really don’t like electric cars. 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 electric cars.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2011

A Tesla Roadster may not have really whirred to a halt in the 2008 episode of Top Gear - since at the center of a long, drawn out legal battle - but the maker's court case against the BBC programme is definitely running out of juice.

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All Cars Electric

JANUARY 13, 2011

Yesterday we covered the unexpected electric car 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 electric cars were slow and impractical for long-distance driving.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2014

A mission to disprove a myth; that electric cars 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[.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 1, 2011

It has been an exciting week for electric sports car maker Tesla. 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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All Cars Electric

APRIL 14, 2011

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.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Electric sport car firm Tesla has lost an important part of its libel lawsuit against Top Gear. 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. The show first broadcast in 2008, showed the Tesla Roadster being tested [.].

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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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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. Tesla is eager to bring its new model to the market after it finished production of [.]. Deliveries to the first customer in the US will now start in June, a month earlier than expected.

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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

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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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

To some, the whole notion of wireless power transmission evokes images of Nikola Tesla with high-voltage coils spewing miniature bolts of lightning. Tesla had indeed pursued the idea of somehow using the ground and atmosphere as a conduit for long-distance power transmission, a plan that went nowhere. Lighthouse Dev in 2012.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Volvo has joined Tesla in stopping its EV production in Europe due to the threat of violence from Iran-backed Houthi fighters attacking commercial ships traveling in the Red Sea. Tesla and Volvo are among several companies having to direct ships away from the Red Sea amid the threat of attacks, Automotive News Europe reports.

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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. “This record is about demonstrating that electric cars are now viable for everyone. We’ve proved that, with this car, the tipping point has been reached.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. 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. and Chrysler. .’s

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Plug In India

MAY 3, 2022

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. In the Indian car world, the profit per vehicle is quite good, but the number of vehicles sold has reduced, thanks to production constraints forced by chips shortage. The company had hired 20 Innovas for media transport, two journalists per car. Go Electric yourself.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. “You guys own the cars.&# Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010.

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