The Latest Breaking News from Petrol

Many of us feel guilt when we fly because it is a very obvious source of carbon emissions. Aviation causes around 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But we do not perhaps feel the same guilt when we walk into a new building, even though global concrete manufacture emits closer…

Australians are facing headaches at the petrol bowser and a national body has called for an investigation as costs surge in capital cities.

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

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

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…

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

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.

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

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

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