• Diesel prices beginning to tumble
    • 01/06/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Retailers and supermarkets have cut the price of diesel since the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expressed concern of weakening competition in the retail fuel market. According to the RAC, the average price of a litre of diesel at supermarkets fell by 7.44p, from 151.02p to 143.58p, over the two weeks [...]
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  • Petrol prices down but diesel ‘unfairly’ high
    • 16/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The average price of petrol has fallen below 145p a litre for the first time in 18 months, according to the latest data from RAC Fuel Watch. The price of a litre of unleaded dropped to 144.95p on Sunday 14 May – its lowest price since 3 November 2021. Diesel also dipped below 155p a litre by hitting 154.31p [...]
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  • RAC selected to provide EV fleet support
    • 11/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Electric car subscription service Onto has selected the RAC as its servicing and roadside assistance services partner. As a result of the partnership, the RAC will now be responsible for servicing 6,000-plus Onto vehicles. Servicing will be carried out by the RAC’s mobile team of expert electric vehicle (EV) [...]
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  • RAC announces Egg partnership
    • 10/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has announced that Egg is its newest electric vehicle (EV) charging partner, meaning it will now promote Egg’s home EV chargers to drivers as well as provide exclusive offers to RAC members. Egg’s 7kW fast home EV chargers, available in both tethered and untethered versions, are now listed alongside [...]
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  • Nearly a million vehicles liable for ULEZ fees
    • 27/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    About 700,000 car drivers could be liable to pay the daily £12.50 Ultra-Low Emission Zone when the scheme is expanded in August. According to data from the DVLA, 691,559 licensed cars in the whole of Greater London would be liable for the charge, and that figure rises to 851,065 when counting all non-compliant [...]
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  • Speeding on the increase
    • 15/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New data has found that speeding on UKs most dangerous roads has increased significantly. According to the RAC, 48% of the 3,102 drivers questioned admitted to speeding on 60mph rural roads, where more deaths occur than on any other road type. This is up from 44% in 2021. RAC road safety spokesman Simon Williams [...]
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  • Potholes blamed for breakdown spike
    • 27/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Potholes have been blamed for a 23% rise in breakdowns attended by RAC patrols in the last three months of 2022. It went to an average of 20 breakdowns a day in the final quarter, for faults such as damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs and distorted wheels, which was up from 16 a day over the previous [...]
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  • Rapid price rises at rapid charge points
    • 11/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Rising energy costs means it now costs 50% more for drivers to charge their vehicles at public rapid and ultra-rapid charge points than it did last May. According to the RAC Charge Watch, drivers must now pay about £36 to charge a typical family-sized electric car with a 64kWh battery to 80%. This is more than [...]
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  • Fall in fuel prices not sharp enough
    • 10/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Fuel prices fell 9p a litre in December, but the RAC believes the decreases do not reflect much lower wholesale prices. Its Fuel Watch data found that petrol prices fell by 8.4p last month while diesel came down by 9.4p. However, with wholesale prices down considerably since mid-October, the RAC believes petrol [...]
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  • Parking fines surge by 50%
    • 28/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Data released by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has revealed a 50% increase in parking tickets issue by private companies, with 30,000 tickets being issued each day. It found that a record 2.7 million tickets were issued between April and June this year, an increase from 1.8 million in the same [...]
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