Former Top Gear Host Quits Motoring Lobby Group Over Electric Vehicle ‘Urban Myths’

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By Adam Barnett and Rich Collett-WhiteSep 13, 2021, 2:00 am312 pts
Former Top Gear host Quentin Willson has acrimoniously quit a motoring lobby group currently working with a group of MPs to stop the government’s planned phase-out of petrol and diesel cars, accusing it of spreading “old urban myths” about electric vehicles. Willson, who co-hosted the TV show in the 1990s…

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