Jeremy Clarkson said one of the main reasons why they canned The Grand Tour was that he was 'simply not interested' in electric cars

There are several reasons why Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May left The Grand Tour.

Clarkson confirmed EVs contributed to the end of the show as we knew it.

He said he had to walk away because he simply wasn’t interested in electric cars enough to create a show about them.

There was a silver lining, though.

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The reason why Jeremy Clarkson doesn’t like EVs

In one of the final scenes in the last-ever Grand Tour episode starring the iconic trio, Jeremy Clarkson admitted that yes, electric cars are one of the reasons why the show (as we know it) ended.

“There are lots of reasons why we’re jacking this show in but, for me, one of the main ones is I’m simply not interested in electric cars,” Clarkson said.

“They’re just white goods, they’re washing machines. You can’t review those, you can’t enjoy them.”

Both James May and Richard Hammond are still very much interested in the good old combustion engine.

Hammond regularly rebuilds classics for his car restoration business, The Smallest Cog, while May (among other things) runs a YouTube channel that he also uses to test older cars.

But in contrast to Clarkson, both May and Hammond do enjoy EVs.

James May has owned several electric vehicles, including a hydrogen-powered one, and Hammond recently teamed up with Porsche to unveil the new Cayenne EV.

By contrast, Clarkson has always maintained he just doesn’t care about EVs, and doesn’t really like them.

Famously a huge Alfa Romeo fan, Clarkson’s favorite car is the Lexus LFA, chiefly because of its V10 engine.

The last ever Grand Tour… except it wasn’t

When Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May announced they’d leave The Grand Tour, everyone assumed this would also be the end of the road for the show.

However, to everyone’s surprise, Amazon confirmed the show would carry on with three new presenters.

That’s what the BBC did with Top Gear, which still aired for years even after Clarkson, May, and Hammond left.

Even though the ratings were nowhere as good as they used to be when Clarkson was at the helm, they were still good enough to convince the BBC to keep the show running for seven more years and 11 more seasons.

As for The Grand Tour, only time will tell.