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UK car industry hails plan for Prius-style hybrids to stay on sale after 2030

Government to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars but will relax rules that force firms to sell more electric vehicles every year

The Guardian - UK

Government aims to ‘restore clarity’ with consultation on petrol car phase-out

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has launched the consultation to ask for views from industry

The Independent UK

How to get the kids through a long car trip without screens or losing your mind

Some years ago, my daughter was set a maths problem: how much does it cost to drive a family of four from Melbourne to Sydney, calculating petrol per kilometre and including a night’s accommodation? Her answer was simple: the cost is four airfares – that way the kids won’t kill…

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Mother clinging to life revealed what happened. Now detectives more keen than ever to solve horrific murder

Tracey Mertens was doused in petrol and set alight in Eaton churchyard near Congleton on 23 December 1994

The Independent UK

Taxi driver flees petrol station, hits police vehicle

A taxi registered in Bangkok collided with a truck and a police vehicle as its driver fled a Chaiyaphum petrol station without paying for fuel.

Bangkok Post

Car industry set to meet 2024 EV sales target, analysis finds

A think tank said this is because the zero-emission vehicle mandate takes into account credits from selling low-emission petrol and diesel cars.

The Independent UK

Interest rates live: Bank of England holds interest rates and downgrades growth in blow for Labour

The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted by a majority of 6–3 to maintain the rate at 4.75 per cent

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Geely, one of China’s biggest carmakers, resists the push to go all-electric

“You will lose a profit growth engine if you do not make petrol cars,” Geely Automobile Holdings’ CEO said in a recent interview.

Fortune

Where inflation accelerated in November – and where it eased

Some of the biggest movement in inflation last month was in the cost of petrol and diesel.

Evening Standard

UK inflation increases as cigarettes and petrol drive price rises

The Office for National Statistics has announced the latest monthly Consumer Prices Index reading

The Independent UK

UK inflation likely to rise again as cigarette and petrol prices tick up

The Office for National Statistics will announce the latest monthly Consumer Prices Index reading on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Schools reopen in Damascus as celebrations over Bashar al-Assad fleeing Syria continue

Petrol shortages have also eased, while the Syrian pound has strengthened by 20% against the US dollar

The Guardian - UK

UK car boss calls for electric car incentives funded by taxes on petrol and diesel

The UK importer of Subaru and Isuzu says a new environmental tax would slash the prices of electric cars

The Independent UK

Kelekkamessut, or the weird and wonderful world of snowmobiling

At Kelekkamessut, snowmobiling isn’t just a sport—it’s a culture, a connection to the wild, and a dream of winter adventures yet to come

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Leaded petrol probably affected the mental health of millions of Americans – new study

In its various forms, lead has been used in many everyday products for millennia. The Romans even added it to wine as a sweetener. Its most widespread use, however, was its addition to petrol. And it is this use that has been associated with increased mental health disorders, according to…

The Guardian - UK

Domestic issues pile pressure on Iran’s president amid foreign policy setbacks

Tensions over executions and plans for petrol price rise and hijab law add to reversals in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

The Independent UK

Petrol cars on UK roads peaked this year in ‘genuine landmark’, report finds

Auto Trader predicts the number of petrol-powered cars will now plunge from 18.7 million in 2024 to 11.1 million in 2034.

Evening Standard

British indie band Sports Team robbed at gunpoint while on tour in US

The London-based band had pulled into a petrol station to get breakfast when masked robbers armed with a gun ‘ransacked’ their van and made off with valuable belongings

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The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Jaguar’s radical rebrand reveals about the shift to electric cars

In today’s newsletter: The iconic British carmaker has been accused of going ‘woke’ after releasing an electric model in pink, upsetting petrol heads and traditionalists everywhere

International Business Times

Vietnam Pushes Electric Motorbikes As Pollution Becomes 'Unbearable'

In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes.

The Independent UK

Petrol prices: Driving home for Christmas set to be cheapest since pandemic

A warning was issued that drivers were still paying more for fuel than they should due to ‘stubbornly high’ margins

Evening Standard

Drivers to enjoy cheapest Christmas fuel prices since pandemic – RAC

The cost of full tanks for 55-litre family cars are £75 for petrol and £78 for diesel – or £5.75 and £6.60 less than a year ago respectively.

The Independent UK

Man sentenced to life after ex-partner victim dies two years after petrol attack

Victim Ellen Marshall’s daughter says her mother never got the chance to meet her grandchild

Evening Standard

Man jailed for murdering partner who died two years after he set her alight

Leigh Pateman was serving a sentence for grievous bodily harm when Ellen Marshall died from her injuries last year.

Evening Standard

New driving laws and road rules set to come into effect in December 2024

From advisory fuel rates to tougher tachograph laws, here are all the changes

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