Yes. Now, we did some scientific research on this,
and we discovered that the average motorist
spends 36 days of their life filling up with fuel.
And that got us thinking.
What if you didn't have to stop for petrol at all?
JAMES: In order to crack this problem, we've come here...
..to the Grand Tour special high-intensity test track.
And it's here that we've come up with our ingenious solution
to ending the misery of fuel stop fill-ups.
Allow me.
Yes, welcome, everybody,
to the world's first vehicle-to-vehicle refuelling vehicle.
To create this incredible machine,
we've taken our inspiration from the world of air-to-air refuelling.
And it will, quite simply, make petrol stations obsolete.
Now, the driver sits up here as normal,
but this is where the fuel pump attendant -
which in this case is me - sits with all the controls,
everything you need, for a spot of car-to-car refuelling.
Absolutely. And we are so pleased with our creation
that we are going to let the machine itself do the talking
with a real-world, world-first, first ever...
-Yeah, we got that. -...inaugural demonstration.
OK, so, here I am on the motorway.
Oh, no. I need petrol.
And I make contact with James's refuelling vehicle,
probably via an app or something.
There's always an app. We'll get a kid to do that.
And there he is now.
Here comes my first customer now, down the motorway.
I'm going to know it's him who needs my services.
There'll be an app or something for that.
I've got a range of fuels: unleaded, super unleaded, diesel.
Here we go.
Bringing down the fuel-o-meter arm.
Now, this tells Richard Hammond how much fuel he's taking on board
and how much it's costing, and just as importantly it gives him a marker
where to pull up in relation to the van.
It's all been carefully calculated using science... and stuff.
JAMES: Pivoting. Pivoting.
Coming in to open filler flap.
(WHIRRING)
Already the heady fumes of success are filling my nostrils.
Think about it. You're on your way to that meeting.
You're not stuck in a petrol station queue - oh, no - because you are a winner.
You are going to make that meeting.
This is the key to your success.
-(GLASS SHATTERS) -What?
JAMES: Sorry! Think of it as a business opportunity.
-Car-to-car window replacement. -Oh, brilliant!
Hold steady. Finger extending again.
(WHIRRING)
I've got it.
Oh! Cocking Nora.
Yeah, we're... nearly there.
RICHARD: Having successfully opened the filler flap,
it was time for phase two: unscrewing the fuel cap.
(WHIRRING)
Passengers would love this.
Think of the kids. I mean, they would love watching this.
JAMES: Fuel cap is removed.
Extending fuel nozzle.
(WHIRRING)
I'll be as steady as I can.
Back a little bit.
Yeah, there it is!
-(METALLIC CLUNK) -We are pumping!
Yeah, we are pumping gas! Oh, yeah!
It works!
Oh, shit!
What's happened?
Hammond, right, you're on fire!
-Bail out! -Oh, no.
James, you bloody idiot!
RICHARD: Clearly, this system had a couple of issues.