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Top Gear USA takes on electric cars: Fiat 500E, Ford Focus E and Nissan Leaf. Winner gets to test Tesla [Video]

Top Gear USA did an Electric Episode called ‘Fully Charged’ yesterday showcasing three all-electric cars: Fiat 500E, Ford Fusion and Nissan Leaf. The tests were mostly silly and these petrol-heads probably aren’t a good representation of the car-buying public

  • “I guess a silent car is good if you want to kill blind people”
  • Reverse Race.
  • Race through a mall vs. Mall cop on a Segway
  • Burglar test: silence through suburbs

..but there were a few redeeming moments.

They took a break from the silly tests to show electric dragsters which smoked a decked out Camaro ZL1. Also at the end, a Tesla Model S smoked that same Camaro ZL1 in a drag test then proceeded to beat a $100K Mercedes in a road test (with an extra large man in the car). If you can’t view it at the History Channel, this Reddit thread has some other ideas.

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