Actor and ex-Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger gave an electric car to environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Let's check if this is true.
On October 1, 2019, many Russian-language media, including federal and reputable ones, published news that Hollywood actor and ex-governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a Tesla 3 electric car to 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
The news also reported that Schwarzenegger met Greta in May 2019 in Vienna, at a climate change summit, and remained fascinated by her.
“According to the actor’s press secretary, the schoolgirl needs an electric car during her stay in the United States and Canada, where Thunberg plans to take part in environmental protests. As Schwarzenegger’s representative clarified, he previously asked Thunberg to turn to him for help “if she needs anything.” wrote "News".
Schwarzenegger has indeed met with Greta Thunberg several times and even rode with her on bicycles. His interest in environmental activism is not accidental. This is not the first year that the actor has been concerned about the problems of global climate change and makes full use of his “star” information resource to ensure that the topic remains in the focus of public attention.
However, he did not give Greta Thunberg a car. This would be a strange gesture from all points of view. In fact, he is only organized for Greta the opportunity to use the environmentally friendly electric car Tesla 3 during her stay in the USA and Canada. That is, he paid for her car rental. The reason for the error is probably that one of the Russian journalists failed to translate the word “arranged” from the original English-language news. And colleagues from some other publications simply copied the error without checking the original source.
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Read on topic:
- https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29267031/arnold-schwarzenegger-greta-thunberg-electric-car/
- https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/arnold-schwarzenegger-greta-thunberg-cycling-leonardo-dicaprio-climate-change-a9185511.html
- https://www.teslarati.com/greta-thunberg-tesla-model-3-arnold-schwarzenegger/
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