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Feb 2022
1h 25m

Two-time Dakkar Rally winner Sam Sunderl...

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05 February 2022. Tom Urquhart is in charge while Damo is away, and catches up with Red Bull racer Sam Sunderland, who says standing on top of the Burj Khalifa is one of the scariest things he's ever done. 

Fix it or Flip It: Matthew Davidson provides valuable car advice and valuations on the spot.

Car news round up: Motoring journalists Imthishan Giado and Noel Ebdon weigh in whether F1 is right to make vaccines mandatory, among a numner of automotive stories shaking up the motoring world. 

How green are electric vehicles? Tom puts the question to Karl Feilder of Neutral Fuels, who says that while it's important to find out where the energy used to make EV batteries comes from, these cars are still greener than their combustion engine counterparts by a mile.  

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