Top Gear

Jeremy Clarkson Invents A Hybrid Microcar: The P45

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson isn't known for being a fan of electric or hybrid vehicles. Usually when we write about him on Green Car Reports it's to comment on the latest daft stunt or anti-electric piece on the program, but naturally, we're prepared to give credit where credit is due...

February 8, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4

Electric-Car-Hating Top Gear Names Fisker Karma Luxury Car Of The Year

December 2, 2011 14

Tesla Losing Libel Case With Top Gear In UK High Court

October 19, 2011 7

Top Gear Nissan Leaf Episode Sparks Healthy Debate, Positive Reactions

August 9, 2011 10

Nissan Gives First Charging Station To City Visited By Top Gear (BREAKING)

If you’ve been following the story of what happened when popular British entertainment show Top Gear took a 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Peugeot iOn (nee Mitsubishi i) for... August 4, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5

BBC Top Gear Team Use Handicapped Spaces

Top Gear On Electric Cars: “We Are Allowed To Put Into A Film What We Want To”

Uh-ho. Those crafty chaps known as the BBC Top Gear team may have thought they got away with their recent review of the 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Peugeot iOn (a rebadged... August 2, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 23

Top Gear Stage Another Electric Car Stunt

Top Gear Tests Nissan Leaf, Peugeot iOn: A Fair Assessment?

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... July 31, 2011 by Antony Ingram 11

Exclusive: Top Gear's Spoof Electric-Car Episode Leaked (Video)

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... June 3, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7

Exclusive: Hey Top Gear, You Have To Fill Up Electric Cars Too, Duh!

Have you ever been on those roads in North Dakota where you pass a sign that says “No gas for next 80 miles"? Or perhaps you’ve traveled through the frozen... May 13, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 18

BREAKING: BBC Top Gear Caught Filming Latest Electric Car ‘Stunt’

Uh-Ho. Despite being embroiled in a sordid libel court-case with californian electric car maker Tesla Motors for false representation of its $109,000 sexy all-electric... May 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 17

Top Gear: Doing Another Silly, Deceptive Electric-Car Stunt?

Uh oh, here we go again. Or not? The crew of the British car show Top Gear have been spotted in the British town of Lincoln, traveling in a pair of electric cars, the 2011... May 12, 2011 by John Voelcker 7

2011 Tesla Roadster Sport. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.

Tesla V Top Gear: Top Gear’s Track Record With Electric Cars

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... April 14, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2

Untouchable? Top Gear Exonerated For Racist Comments, What About Tesla?

The popular U.K. motoring entertainment show Top Gear just can’t stay out of the spotlight at the moment. Just six days after Californian electric car automaker Tesla... April 5, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4

Top Gear Producer Says Tesla's Libel Suit Is Bogus

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... April 4, 2011 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 1

Tesla Sues Top Gear For Libel Against All-Electric Roadster

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... March 30, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 23

Covering Electric Cars: Is It Really THAT Hard For the Media?

If you pay attention to the so-called mainstream media, you could be forgiven for thinking that electric vehicles are alien technology, rather than cars with plugs. Though... May 5, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2