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Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) is an American automotive manufacturer specializing in neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) since 1998 and low-speed vehicles (LSVs) since 2001. By October 2015 [1] the company had sold over 50,000 GEM Battery electric vehicles worldwide. Originally owned by Chrysler, GEM was acquired by Polaris Inc. in 2011.
Independent rating: 8/10 Pros: Quick, great tech, strong range, Supercharger network Cons: Ride is a bit firm, quality of early cars is mixed Price: From £12,000 Maximum claimed range: 348 miles ...
Electric car enthusiasts, environmental interest groups, and former EV1 lessees have accused the company of self-sabotaging its electric car program to avoid potential losses in spare parts sales, [note 1] while also blaming the oil industry for conspiring to keep electric cars off the road.
As of June 2014, there were over 500,000 plug-in electric passenger cars and utility vans in the world, with the U.S. leading plug-in electric car sales with a 45% share of global sales. [149] [150] In September 2014, sales of plug-in electric cars in the United States reached the 250,000 unit milestone. [151]
During 2014 plug-in electric car sales totaled 123,347 units, up 27.0% from 2013, and fell to 114,248 units in 2015, down 7.4% from 2014. [8] A total of 157,181 plug-in cars were sold in 2016, up 37.6% from 2015, [155] rose to 199,818 in 2017, and achieved a record sales volume of 361,307 units in 2018. [16] Sales declined in 2019 to 329,528 ...
A traffic collision results in Dilton Dilbert (David Hewlett) being pinned between a carriage and a motor car, and medical investigation reveals that any attempt to free him will result in his death. Evidence that the car has been sabotaged leads Murdoch to suspect that the crash may not have been an accident, and he sets out to uncover the ...
The following is a list of episodes, listed in order of their original air date, along with information regarding featured cars that were reviewed and the main feature of the episode; for the second series only, the list also includes the celebrity guests who appeared on the programme.
Dawe was replaced by James May for the second series, where the show chose to focus only on car reviews, guest laps in the Reasonably Priced Car, the Cool Wall, and the Greatest Car Ever segment (exclusive to this series), with each episode also having a single short challenge. This strict format was later relaxed, with the third series showing ...