• Fuel prices need ‘urgent review’
    • 13/06/2022
    • 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
    • 08/06/2022
    • 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
    • 07/06/2022
    • 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 177.8p a litre by Sunday, while diesel prices jumped from [...]
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  • Fuel prices settle in April
    • 06/05/2022
    • 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 0.5p to 162.75p a litre over the course of the month while diesel stayed the same at 177p. Petrol is now 4.5p a litre lower than the record high of 167.3p set on [...]
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  • New drivers favour EV as first car
    • 03/05/2022
    • 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 [...]
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  • EV demand triples according to fresh data
    • 01/03/2022
    • 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 [...]
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  • Drivers reject ‘pay as you drive’ scheme
    • 01/03/2022
    • 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
    • 04/02/2022
    • 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
    • 31/12/2021
    • 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
    • 30/12/2021
    • 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 Confused.com 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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