Top Gear

Jeremy Clarkson, the world’s most famous motoring journalist, is not about to buy an electric car anytime soon. In a recent video clip, the former Top Gear UK TV presenter – who with his colleagues James May and Richard Hammond have moved to greener pastures with their new show The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime – revealed his biggest automotive regret and explained why he’s not a fan of electric cars.

The UK's The Daily Telegraph newspaper is reporting that the controversy-plagued Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson will be sacked by the BBC this week, but the British motoring series will remain on television after he finishes up. Clarkson is reportedly set to be stood down after an internal investigation found the host assaulted the show's producer, Oisin Tymon.

Two out of three Top Gear hosts have been suspended from driving in France for three months after being caught, somewhat unsurprisingly, speeding. The incident occurred while Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond were on location, filming the final sequence of a road trip DVD from Venice, Italy to Pau, France. Clarkson was in an Aston Martin Vanquish Centenary Edition with Hammond behind in a Porsche 911 GT3.

Does Jeremy Clarkson do his own stunts on Top Gear? This is the question that currently has the British tabloids in a spin, after the Daily Mail published comments from unnamed sources suggesting up to 80 per cent of the driving featured on the show is actually the work of professional drivers. The Mail named Formula 3 driver Aaron Scott as just one of many ghost drivers employed by the BBC to take the place of Clarkson, and fellow presenters Richard Hammond and James May.

Following rumours last week that Top Gear China was on the way, today we have confirmation that a pilot episode has been filmed. The spin-off of one of the most popular television programs (… in the world) was confirmed by one of the shows hosts, Beijing comedian and TV personality, Cao Yunjin.