• Diesel demand down five per cent

    • 18 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Diesel cars continue to be faded out from the UK new car market, with just five per cent of new car buyers stating they’re looking to buy one This is according to the latest industry research by What Car, which follows April’s new car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders [...]
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  • Fuel prices settle in April

    • 6 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fuel prices eased slightly in April, after three months of continuous rises According to RAC Fuel Watch data, the average price of petrol dropped by 05p to 16275p a litre over the course of the month while diesel stayed the same at 177p Petrol is now 45p a litre lower than the record high of 1673p set on 22 [...]
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  • New drivers favour EV as first car

    • 3 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A Motor Ombudsman-commissioned online YouGov study of nearly 500 existing and prospective learner drivers in Great Britain has revealed that nearly half (42%) of new drivers would prefer their first car to be fully electric (26%) or hybrid (16%) The study showed that just a fifth (21%) of those polled would want to [...]
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  • Fuel duty cut in Spring Statement

    • 23 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The government has announced a 5p per litre cut in fuel duty Speaking in his Spring Statement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the cut was being introduced to mitigate the rising cost of living Describing it as, “the biggest cut to all fuel duty rates ever,” he said the cut would imposed from 6pm this evening [...]
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  • EV demand triples according to fresh data

    • 1 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Annual EV sales almost tripled according to new data released by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) It found that annual finance cases for battery electric vehicles (BEV) surged 160% from 2020 to 2021 This trend is all the more impressive considering the level of volatililty the automotive industry has faced [...]
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  • Drivers reject ‘pay as you drive’ scheme

    • 1 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    MPs on the Transport Committee are urging the government to consider introducing a pay-as-you-drive scheme using telematics technology However, according to research by Venson Automotive Solutions, this proposal does not win favour with motorists Only 22% of motorists it surveyed agreed with its introduction, [...]
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  • Fuel economy falls down wish list

    • 4 February 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Despite rising costs at the pumps, fuel economy is slipping down the list of priorities for used car buyers According to analysts at BuyaCar, searches by MPG were almost 40% lower in January 2022 than they were in 2021 It notes that this is in line with research by parent company Autovia, which closely tracks the [...]
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  • UK drivers overcharged £5m a day

    • 7 January 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has accused petrol retailers in the UK of not passing on a decrease in wholesales prices The price of unleaded petrol fell 2p across UK forecourts during December, but the RAC says it should have been 12p It says retailers’ failure to reduce prices in line with wholesale costs saw them make a 16p a litre [...]
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  • EV drivers overcoming range anxiety

    • 31 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new poll has found that electric vehicle drivers are starting to overcome range anxiety According to research by Zap-Map, more than 90% of drivers are extremely happy with their EV and would not want to replace it with a petrol or diesel car Many of the respondents to the survey were first-time EV drivers, with [...]
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  • Drivers hit by rising fuel costs

    • 30 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More than half (51%) of UK drivers have noticed a difference in the cost of fuel this December According to the Confusedcom fuel price index, the cost of petrol and diesel is almost 29p more expensive per litre now than at the beginning of the year People are expecting to travel roughly 50 miles over the [...]
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