• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Demand for used EVs rising

    • 3 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Electric vehicles are on the verge of overtaking diesel as the second most popular choice in the used car market According to figures from BuyaCar, EVs registered in 2020 have been representing up to 27% of all one-year-old car sales in recent weeks It says this is one of the strongest signs yet that full [...]
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  • Diesel sales slump to lowest level

    • 2 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Car buyers are turning their backs on diesel in record numbers, according to new analysis of online used car sales According to BuyaCar, diesel sales accounted for just 30% of all sales in August, its lowest ever share of sales While petrol continues to dominate the fuel type choices, the biggest growth in [...]
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  • Fuel prices highest since 2013

    • 19 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Petrol prices are at their highest level in eight years According to the AA, average prices now have hit 133p a litre, almost 20p higher than in November Diesel prices are also up The increase in fuel costs comes after a steady rise in oil prices which increased from $43 a barrel to more than $70 a barrel [...]
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