HRH Prince of Wales to launch Revolve Events

As a lead up to the UK's first ever eco-car rally on World Environment Day, HRH The Prince of Wales will lend his support at a pre-rally launch demonstrating some of the cars involved on Monday 4 June at Hampton Court Palace. The Prince will be accompanied by Sir Stirling Moss and Quentin Willson.
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Global Cooling

Long term, fuel cells and hydrogen can provide a much more sustainable way of getting us from A to B. Short term, more and more experts are predicting that we have 10 years before our global climate becomes irreversibly unstable. The recently launched Global Cool initiative is a refreshing approach to encouraging everyone to do their bit.

At www.global-cool.com you won't find cliches or sermons. What you will find are witty tips on driving, personal opinion from A-list celebs and an easy way to work out your own carbon footprint. You can even consider donating a tonne of cool! Global Cool Foundation promises to use your donation to fund things like alternative energy... the kind of energy needed to extract the hydrogen and build the fuel cells that will power future transport.

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Richard Hammond, LPG and Jet-Cars

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has had a serious accident whilst attempting to break the UK land-speed record in a jet-powered dragster.

Former Top Gear presenter, Steve Berry said of the accident: "He is incredibly lucky to be alive ... this isn't a car, it's more like a wingless aeroplane". The machine is capable of accelerating from 0-270 mph in just 6 seconds and was travelling at +/-300mph when it suddenly veered off the track and somersaulted.

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Ironically one of Hammond's co-presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, has regularly been outspoken about his dislike of 'Health & Safety', calling it "the cancer of a civilised society" (Sunday Times article). The HSE is currently investigating Richard Hammond's accident. Interestingly, the crash was discussed on BBC's Question Time after someone asked the question: "has reality TV gone too far?" Watch the podcast here.

"He has brought an awful lot to [Top Gear] and his indefatigable energy, the fact that he tries absolutely anything once, may have been the reason that he has overstepped the mark a bit."
- Quentin Wilson talking to the BBC


Out of respect for his family's wishes, all we know is that Hammond sustained a significant brain injury, but doctors are "reasonably optimistic that he'll make a good recovery."

Whilst the Vampire jet car consumes 7-10 gallons of fuel per mile, Richard Hammond's family car is an eleven-year-old Range Rover Vogue SE with a thirsty 3.9-litre V8 engine. Luckily (and somewhat surprisingly given his co-presenter's environmentally unfriendly stance, Hammond's Range Rover is actually LPG-powered!. We wish him a speedy recovery.