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Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson blamed for slow electric car sales (Sky News)

The Green Alliance thinktank tells peers in the House of Lords the actor's views are "damaging" to the government's plans for phasing out petrol and diesel ...

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'Mr Bean' actor Rowan Atkinson faces flak over his article on EVs ... (Hindustan Times)

Rowan Atkinson had headlined the article as,"I love electric vehicles - and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped."

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Rowan Atkinson slammed for killing EVs (NEWS.com.au)

Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson is a well known car enthusiast. Atkinson says the problem with this is it focuses on just one part of the car's operating life: ...

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'Mr Bean' Actor Rowan Atkinson Blamed For Poor EV Sales In UK (NDTV)

Other deterrents to EVs mentioned in Tuesday's report presented before the UK's Parliament were higher purchase costs, insufficient charging infrastructure ...

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'Mr. Bean' actor, who called EVs 'soulless,' blamed as one reason for ... (Fortune)

The British comedian Rowan Atkinson, of “Mr. Bean” and “Johnny English” fame, wrote a Guardian op-ed last year on feeling “duped” after buying an EV.

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Letters: Like Rowan Atkinson, consumers can make up their own ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

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'Mr Bean' actor blamed for 'hurting' reputation of electric cars by UK ... (India Today)

In the UK's House of Lords, the Green Alliance think tank cited an article by Rowan Atkinson in The Guardian from June 2023, claiming it negatively impacted ...

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'Absolutely absurd': Rowan Atkinson blamed for EV plunge (Sky News Australia)

Actor and Comedian Rowan Atkinson has been blamed for the slump in electric car sales, according to the House of Lords. Stepmates Studios' Mark Nicholson ...

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Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson blamed for decline of EV sales in ... (Sky News Australia)

“The sale of EVs in the UK has slowed down so much the government has halved its sales forecasts,” Mr Macpherson said. “The government had planned that by 2027 ...

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Mr Bean Actor Rowan Atkinson Blamed For Slump In EV Sales In ... (India Times)

Atkinson was mentioned in a recent meeting of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, specifically during discussions ...

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Rowan Atkinson blamed for slow electric car sales in House Of ... (NME.com)

Rowan Atkinson was blamed for the slow sale of electric car sales during a speech in the House Of Lords this week (February 6).

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Rowan Atkinson blamed for slow electric car sales in House Of ... (NME.com)

Rowan Atkinson was blamed for the slow sale of electric car sales during a speech in the House Of Lords this week (February 6).

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