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Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson gets a push in a Nissan Leaf - Click above to watch the video after the break
It would seem that the guys from
Top Gear are back to giving electric vehicles the what-for. According to
The Lincolnite,
James May and
Jeremy Clarkson were respectively spotted piloting a
Peugeot iOn and a
Nissan Leaf through England during a cross-country trek (which is exactly what electric cars are for, right?).
The duo stopped by Lincolnshire County to ask about the nearest place to charge their alternative-fuel steeds, only to find that the entire municipality is bereft of chargers. Apparently May and Clarkson then set about driving around the city until their vehicles died and they were forced to get a tow.
If this all sounds familiar, that's because
Top Gear rustled up a mess of snakes the last time Clarkson jumped behind the wheel of an EV. After depicting the
Tesla Roadster as suffering a brake failure and running out of power, Tesla shot back refuting what happened as
pure fiction. That little dust-up has
yet to settle.
The truth is that the vast majority of people come to
Top Gear to be entertained, and most viewers probably realize that there's plenty of editing that goes into each segment. We seriously doubt that most EV buyers use the UK show as a go-to resource, but that doesn't stop the constant ragging on alternative fuels from growing trite.
Check out the video
after the break.
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