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Is Clarkson beginning to see the light?
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The comment below relates to the Top Gear episode this last Sunday. Zenvo, as you can imagine, wasn't thrilled with the outcome so they've pulled a Tesla and listed a series of grievances online.
Zenvo cries foul over Top Gear review of the ST1 [video]
Zenvo cries foul over Top Gear review of the ST1
Zenvo cries foul over Top Gear review of the ST1 [video]
This is pretty lame compared to the Tesla complaint. All of these issues really happened and TG conceded that it was a wet lap. The Zenvo complaint seems to be that TG drove the car too hard. With the roadster the assertion that it ran out of power was pure fiction.
Interestingly, the week after the Zenvo incident, Jeremy Clarkson talks about fires and mentions Ferrari, and Porsche and also mentions the "internet is awash with other examples". It seems he not only missed an opportunity to take a pot shot at Tesla but blatantly avoided it. I wonder if there were any conditions associated with the court ruling or if he just refuses to mention Tesla in any context.
NigelM
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K5ING
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It looks like we may never see a Tesla on Top Gear now. As noted the BBC suspended Clarkson and have also canceled the remaining three shows.
FWIW though, Richard Hammond did a review of a Tesla P85+ last year and liked it. He even said:
FWIW though, Richard Hammond did a review of a Tesla P85+ last year and liked it. He even said:
thelastdeadmouse
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I have a theory that this is Elon's "Secret Weapon" to increase demand. He has a standing offer from Hammond or another top gear presenter to do a raving review of the P85D on Top Gear, but deliveries started too late for it to be included in the current season.
SwedishAdvocate
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This was published today.
Are Clarkson and May truly this misinformed or are they doing it deliberately?
Are Clarkson and May truly this misinformed or are they doing it deliberately?
SmartElectric
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Based on the latest Top Gear episode, I don't think he has. Disparaging remarks and demonstrations about EVs for daily transport (pointing to some utility statistic enumerating that UK utilities only produce 5% over the daily needs in the UK and thus would be incapable of keeping up with demand).
voyager
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This is the key to understanding Jeremy Clarkson.
He's just doubling down on his ignorance around electric cars, mainly because Tesla are the only manufacturer to make a good electric car with lots of range (and he fell out with Tesla over his Roadster review).
It'll be interesting to check back in 10 years when Jaguar, Aston Martin etc have brought out their own equivalents.
The above was posted about three years ago. At about 12:50 on that video it shows the zero-to-60mph times for the electric supercar and the Jaguar. The electric supercar does zero to 60 in 2.9 seconds. Pretty darn fast. Today, my understanding is that the Tesla Model S P90D or maybe it's the P100D with Ludicrous does zero to 60 in 2.7 seconds.
No, THIS web page says the P100D with Ludicrous does it in 2.4 seconds. And this is not a custom-built one-of-a-kind super racing car. This is a car that Tesla will sell you today, as many of them as you want to pay for. That's mighty impressive, that a stock car (albeit the top trim line of the model) is half a second faster zero to 60 than a one-off racing car built three years ago.
Clarkson is a buffoon.
In the latest Grand Tour Jeremy Clarkson mentioned Tesla in a positive light I would say, a positive comparison to a 70s Scottish made joke of an EV... You know, Tesla makes a nice EV, all the Scottish people got done was this. (They were in Scotland.)
The key to understanding The Boys is not taking them too seriously. I still think Elon would have been wiser to laugh off the Roadster incident. I mean, Peugeot still talks to Top Gear and they would have far more reason not to than Tesla.
The key to understanding The Boys is not taking them too seriously. I still think Elon would have been wiser to laugh off the Roadster incident. I mean, Peugeot still talks to Top Gear and they would have far more reason not to than Tesla.
SwedishAdvocate
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[Cross-posting because of relevance.]
This channel – DRIVETRIBE – is actually created by the team behind the ’original’ Top Gear, Clarkson, May, Hammond and ex executive producer Andy Wilman…
The reviewer – who I believe is also a licensed racing driver – states that he would like to be able to turn the electronic stability control systems completely off.
Other than that, it’s a pretty raving review…
Thanks for posting that. And of course the one thing he does not like about the car is one of the things I like best: You don't have to be a race-car driver to handle it. And I suspect that I am in the great majority (for a change) in that I want a car that does not require me to be a race-car driver. I would much rather have a car that drives itself.
Maybe Clarkson didn't change his mind. Maybe he just got outvoted by his pals who, while they want to be able to control every aspect of the drive, also recognize the strengths of the Model S.
Maybe Clarkson didn't change his mind. Maybe he just got outvoted by his pals who, while they want to be able to control every aspect of the drive, also recognize the strengths of the Model S.
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