Read the latest motoring and fuel news
Rise in petrol lease cars drives up CO2 emissions
We recently told you that government ministers were looking for the link between outdated fossil-fuelled vehicles, and super clean, modern vehicles;...
Councils pocket more than £320m in PCN fines in one year
There were over nine million Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) fines issued by local councils in 2018, for offences including parking, misusing a bus lane...
Graduated licences could mean no young drivers on the roads at night
Passing your driving test is a rite of passage for lots of young (and often older) people and you can’t help but feel thrilled when you get hold of...
Get to know our brand new app with our walkthrough!
If you haven’t already heard, we released our new app recently and we wanted to go over some of the main exciting features we’ve included and show...
Dashcam vigilantes lead to over 1200 prosecutions last year
Nextbase, a manufacturer of dashcams who pioneered and funded the not-for-profit database, launched The National Dash Cam Safety Portal (NDCP) July...
Ministers call for crackdown on brakes and tyres as adding to the pollution problem
I often wonder, and I know that I’m not the first, what’s going to happen when vehicles are clean? When their emissions output is low, they can no...
Why PetrolPrices has changed and how YOU can get benefits from it
By now you may have noticed some changes to the PetrolPrices service. Over the last year we have been busy working on this new version of...
Motorway speed limit should be raised to 80 mph
I’ve been in the automotive business for over thirty years, and when it comes to ‘positive’ news for motorists, that 30+ years of...
Smart motorways safer without hard shoulders claims Highways England
In an interview last week with the BBC, Matt Pates, East Midlands regional traffic operations manager for Highways England, claimed that smart...
Fake engine noises on EV or hybrid vehicles now a legal requirement
As PetrolPrices reported on last year, in a bid for road safety to keep up with modern motoring, from the 1st of July, new electric vehicles and...
Motorway service stations charge up to 37p a litre more than stations less than 3 miles away
Exiting the motorway to refuel at a local garage could save motorists up to £20 A study by fuel price information service and app,...
Gridserve launch the first of 100 EV only forecourts in Essex
As Bob Dylan once wrote, ‘the times they are a-changing’. Like it or not, the internal combustion engine is dying a death. The days of...
Find out which towns and cities plan to remove cars to tackle congestion and pollution
Last week, we told you how Bristol is looking to ban cars from the city centre, seemingly in a desperate move to avoid paying back...
Bristol could ban cars for eight hours a day
We often see that XYZ Council want to introduce ‘radical’ plans to shake up some process or other, usually some form of taxation, but...
Supermarkets collective price drops: will we see any more?
In the last few weeks, petrol prices have dropped considerably, led by the supermarkets and slowly carrying on over to other brands. These are...
London loses postcode lottery as most expensive place to own a car
Research from By Miles, a ‘pay-by-mile’ motor insurance provider, shows that your postcode can have a big impact on how much you pay for...
Nigerian crude oil expectations for 2019
Sponsored article In 2018, we saw high expectations from investors and a willingness from key stakeholders to drive growth in the...
What does the net zero carbon emissions by 2050 mean practically?
In the news this past week has been a lot of talk of net-zero emissions and new targets in place for the UK. Here, we’re going to go...
Acoustic cameras to catch noise polluters
For those of you that follow the F1, you’ll know that we had a bit of controversy at the last race, when it was deemed that Vettel...
You’ll now get fined for ignoring the Red X on a motorway
Love them or loathe them, smart motorways seem to be here to stay. Their electronic overhead gantries give you important information...
Charging your car from a mains could cause electric shock
Research shows the average UK motorist drives 25 miles a day, so most drivers of electric vehicles (EVs)—whether that be ‘pure’, hybrid,...
© Copyright 2023 Automate App Limited, 8th Floor South, Reading Bridge House, George Street, Reading, RG1 8LS