---
title: "Richard Hammond Is Already Driving Another Electric Vehicle"
description: "Its headline feature: dedicated crutch storage."
date: "2017-06-25"
modified: "2017-06-26"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/11825/richard-hammond-is-already-driving-another-electric-vehicle"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "richard hammond"
  - "The Grand Tour"
  - "Videos"
---

# Richard Hammond Is Already Driving Another Electric Vehicle

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Two weeks after wrecking a [Rimac Concept\_One](<https://www.thedrive.com/video/11434/just-what-is-the-rimac-concept_one-richard-hammond-crashed-anyway>) and momentarily convincing his colleagues, his family, and the automotive world that [he was dead yet again](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11383/richard-hammond-airlifted-to-hospital-after-rimac-crash-in-switzerland>), Richard Hammond looks to be recovering quite well. In fact, he's already tearing around in another electric car. Okay, it's actually a wheelchair. [Might be best if he held off on the high-octane (high-voltage?) stuff for the foreseeable future anyways.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/11682/richard-hammonds-wife-is-not-pleased-with-his-dangerous-ways>)

In a [*DriveTribe*](<https://drivetribe.com/p/Fqk8NcuXRCqckTz4cwfCWA?iid=aNs7ZmHvRvmLDbrFmF6v1w>) post Friday, Hammond gives us an update on life after coming home from the Swiss hospital and shows off his new wheels, "an old electric wheelchair salvaged from a local farmer's barn and tastefully restored." Thanks to some drainpipe, cable ties, and a helping hand, the Hamster's chair has been home-modified to include a place to store his crutches. Should make it easy for him to hobble away to safety in the event that he flips this EV as well. Too soon?

[Season 2 of *The Grand Tour*](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11226/the-grand-tour-series-2-will-premiere-this-october>) is scheduled to start this October on Amazon Video. However, don't be surprised if that [gets pushed back a bit](<https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-grand-tour/news/a830877/jeremy-clarkson-grand-tour-season-2-delayed-richard-hammonds-crash/>), understandably, in the wake of Hammond's latest mishap. Perhaps they can replace whatever road trip/power test/destructive shenanigan items Richard is missing with footage of him attempting to perform household tasks in his new mobility chair instead.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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