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.
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.
Green Cars News
MAY 9, 2011
Electric car charging infrastructure in the UK is falling short of government-set targets, according to research conducted by the BBC. Just over a tenth of the recharging points needed in the UK have been built so far. The BBC found that just 704 of the 4,700 expected to be installed by the end of the [.].
Green Cars News
JANUARY 14, 2011
The BBC’ Brian Milligan has successfully made in to Edinburgh in an electric Mini after setting out four days ago from London. The challenge to drive the length of the country in an electric model has not been without its challenges for Brian, who estimates that with the time taken to recharge the vehicle during [.].
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
According to the BBC , the car, which can tow its own wind turbine, was ordered after a Highland Council-commissioned report forecasted a decline in filling stations. It takes about 10 hours to recharge and can tow a small wind turbine on a trailer for charging in remoter areas.
Cars That Think
MAY 21, 2022
Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos? Indeed, it’s hard to recharge or power a device when the air gap is just a few centimeters, much less a few meters. Wires have a lot going for them when it comes to moving electric power around, but they have their drawbacks too.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling.
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