Youre pretty much up to date. Its about 3 30am. Now its time for click. Is 2019 the year petrol met its match . Is the italian stallion a pony . The lambo now lame . Are todays best cars electric . Is now the time for us all to switch . Hello, and welcome to a special edition of click. Not top gear, although there are shades of that, i have to say, but this week, were not talking petrol cars like these, were talking about electric cars like these. Not hybrid, not hydrogen or anything else. This week, it is pure electric. Sure, there are other ways to power your car which are good for the environment. Go check them out by all means but this is the year that all electric has really ta ken off. More people are thinking about evs than ever before so in this show, were asking, is now the right time to switch . This week well look at the cost of buying and running them, how far they can go and ask if theyre as clean and green as they might seem. Mark is going to be going for the ride of his
Now on bbc news click. Is 2019 the year petrol met its match . Is the italian stallion, a pony, lambo now lame . Are todays best cars electric . Is now the time for us all to switch . Hello, and welcome to a special edition of click. Not top gear, although there are shades of that, i have to say, but this week, were not talking petrol cars like these, were talking about electric cars like these. Not hybrid, not hydrogen or anything else. This week, it is pure electric. Sure, there are other ways to power your car which are good for the environment. Go check them out by all means but this is the year that all electric has really ta ken off. More people are thinking about evs than ever before so in this show, were asking, is now the right time to switch . This week well look at the cost of buying and running them, how far they can go and ask if theyre as clean and green as they might seem. Mark is going to be going for the ride of his life and he is going to be help track down what happe
Is on at the yokohama stadium. Well be live there with the latest in the next few minutes. And, he made history becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. Well speak to Eliud Kipchoge after 8am. Eliud kipchoge storms into the history books in vienna. And, he made history becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. Well speak to Eliud Kipchoge after 8am. Its sunday the 13th of october. Our top story the wife of a us diplomat, who was involved in a car crash that killed the british teenager harry dunn, says shes been left devastated by the accident. Last night, the foreign 0ffice revealed that Anne Sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity because shes returned to the united states. Harrys parents, whove been campaigning for her return to the uk, are due to fly to washington later. Simon jones has more. Theyve taken their theyve ta ken their fight theyve taken their fight for justice to the Foreign Office in london, and now harry dunns parents are flyi
Hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines. The family of a teenage motorcyclist, killed in a collision involving the wife of an american diplomat, in northamptonshire, are on their way to the United States. More than 20 people have died after typhoon hagibis hit japan. Tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to help rescue efforts. After turkish air strikes in Northern Syria hundreds of Islamic State fighters family members are reported to have escaped. The leader of the commons, jacob rees mogg, has said the prospects of a deal with the eu are more positive than they were a week ago. Now on bbc news, click takes a closer look at electric cars and asks if they are now a credible replacement for petrol or diesel vehicles. Do the cars offer the environmental gains their manufacturers promise . Is 2019 the year petrol met its match . Is the italian stallion a pony . The lambo now lame . Are todays best cars electric . Is now the time for us all to switch . Hello, and we
At them and reckon its the future. Well its obviously not real. These cool designs are actually for the future, maybe. Each car manufacturer brings out some concept ideas. Interestingly on the volkswagen stand, they were all electric. The real car they were launching was the id. 3, a sort of electric golf, with a 205 to 340 mile range depending on the exact model, with prices starting from a competitive 30,000 euros. And a first from vw. They will guarantee the battery for eight years, meaning that if it loses more than a quarter of its full charge when new, they will replace it. But will car buyers trust a firm that swindled the world when it lied about the illegal level of harmful emissions its own diesel car spat out . We invested a lot, really to fulfil our commitment to the c02 targets and its notjust only the c02 targets during driving. For example, the battery cells after a normal life cycle of a car, which is mainly eight years, nine years, the battery cells are still healthy a