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Democracyinkind

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1. Top Gear was caught pulling the same stunts in order to badmouth EV's....

Reply to rightsideout (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 09:54 AM

Feb 2013

As someone who is fairly unpartisan towards combustion engines, I just don't get it. My Dad hates Electric Cars because of these kinds of stunts. Sad, but utterly fascinating...

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Data logs show NYT writer's peculiar test drive with Tesla Model S [View all] rightsideout Feb 2013 OP

Top Gear was caught pulling the same stunts in order to badmouth EV's.... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #1

The motor media is so fucked! rgbecker Feb 2013 #2

HP doesn't get you up hills, torque does. There are, however, many cars for which 80 HP wouldn't EOTE Feb 2013 #7

I stopped watching Top Gear when BBC hosts did the same thing. Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #3

The oil industry is worth what, a trillion dollars? You think they're not going to buy bad press leveymg Feb 2013 #4

Staggering numbers: FWIR, all world governments' annual budgets combined are less than petro sales. Octafish Feb 2013 #6

The numbers tell you who really run things. Follow the money. leveymg Feb 2013 #8

One regularly finds real bias in the auto blogs.... Historic NY Feb 2013 #5