The Latest Breaking News from Petrol

Prax Group’s sudden demise surprised some, but others saw ‘a house of cards’ built on a thirst for debt-fuelled growth

A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb on Friday injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital.

Three new electric cars include an electric evolution of an old favourite, while petrol models get a stay of execution

Fuel prices fell for both petrol and diesel over the three months to the end of May by 7.6 pence per litre (ppl) and 8.4 ppl respectively.

Petrol and diesel vehicles are being phased out globally and replaced with electric vehicles so that countries can meet their commitments to zero human-caused carbon emissions by 2050. But electric vehicles’ batteries run down quickly and take a long time to recharge. One solution is battery swapping systems, where depleted…

Motorists can expect more electric and hybrid vehicles to launch and some petrol and diesel vehicles to reverse after transport regulations finally take off.

Volvo doesn’t do new XC90s very often – this is only the second generation since 2002. The latest update to the plug-in hybrid model tries to bring it in line with the all-new, all-electric EX90

British-built Nissan Qashqai e-Power now feels more like an electric car than ever – but it’s petrol-powered

A man who doused another man in petrol and set him on fire will be close to 90 years old before he is eligible for parole.