• Workers priced out of commute by fuel costs

    • 8 September 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has revealed that a third of drivers won’t be able to afford their commute if fuel prices continue to rise As the cost-of-living intensifies, a new study by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has found that 32% of the nation will be priced out of driving to work if petrol and diesel prices [...]
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  • Supermarkets keeping fuel prices ‘artificially high’

    • 2 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    RAC data has found that although supermarkets are reducing the cost of petrol and diesel, the cuts have not happened fast enough and do not go far enough Despite wholesale prices falling, the major supermarkets have been accused of keeping the cost of fuel artificially high RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams [...]
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  • Fuel costs rise by £1.3bn in a year

    • 25 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    UK motorists have spent an additional £113bn during the last 12 months because of the rising cost of petrol and diesel This is according to used car platform CarGurus, which calculated the average monthly cost of diesel and petrol prices from June 2021 to June 2022 based on the average monthly mileage and average [...]
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  • Fleets favouring EV switch

    • 15 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More and more commercial fleets are turning to electric vehicles This is according to the number of enquiries for EVs being received by Reflex Vehicle Hire It said that at one recent event, 80% of van fleet enquiries received by Reflex included requests for information about plug-in cars and vans, while more [...]
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  • EV hire demand still minimal

    • 13 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A quarter (26%) of customers would like to hire an electric car, although concerns around charging remain a dissuading factor This is according to a survey carried out by Opinium, on behalf of iCarhireinsurancecom, a leading provider of stand-alone car hire excess insurance Charging concerns (32%) and [...]
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  • Fuel prices driving EV uptake

    • 15 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    An online Opinion Matters poll commissioned by The Motor Ombudsman has found than 48% of UK car owners are considering a switch to electric a fuel prices continue to rise The cost of filling up an average family car with a 55-litre fuel tank recently hit £100 for the first time, a figure never seen before in this [...]
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  • Fuel prices need ‘urgent review’

    • 13 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC and the AA have backed calls from government ministers for an urgent review of rising fuel prices They want to establish if the cut in fuel duty is being passed on by retailers to drivers This comes after petrol prices reached a record high on Sunday of 185p a litre, despite wholesale petrol prices [...]
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  • EV sales exceeding targets

    • 8 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New data has found that the UK is on course to meet the government’s electric vehicle targets, with adoption rates now ahead of the required curve Data from the Department for Transport included in Volkswagen Financial Services UK’s first EV tracking report found that over the past decade sales of electric [...]
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  • RAC warns of steepling fuel costs

    • 7 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has warned that fuel prices could top 180p per litre this week It has reported that prices on the forecourt spiked by nearly 5p a litre during the Jubilee weekend, and those rises are set to continue this week The average price of petrol reached 1778p a litre by Sunday, while diesel prices jumped from [...]
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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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