Astongate: fake emission figures, an embattled carmaker and a sock puppet PR company

jack_christie

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Astongate: fake emission figures, an embattled carmaker and a sock puppet PR company​

You may have seen the news story last week about a new report purporting to show that it takes 50,000 miles before an EV's emissions beat those of a petrol car. First of all, the figures were comprehensively debunked - the correct figure is nearer 16,000 miles - then, over the weekend I uncovered evidence that the report was written by a sock-puppet PR company run from an address co-owned by Aston Martin's Director of Global Government and Corporate Affairs.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/astongate-fake-emission-figures-embattled-carmaker-sock-liebreich/

Aston Martin to hold internal inquiry after 'sockpuppet PR firm' row​

Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-internal-inquiryafter-sockpuppet-pr-firm-row


Aston Martin CEO distances himself from questionable EV report​

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/aston-martin-ceo-distances-himself-questionable-ev-report






 
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Since I follow liebreich on Twitter and was similarly bored on Saturday night, I had the pleasure of seeing this shitshow unfold. How lazy can those people be, honestly? Not even trying to hide their shenanigans ?‍♂️
 
Yes, we are sadly seeing the same tactics from the automotive (and by extension fossil fuel) industry as was employed by the tobacco industry back when the general public became aware of the health risks. If it wasn't for the time that has passed in between one could wonder if they are using the same PR-companies.
 
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