Dieselgate: Ex Audi boss Rupert Stadler admits charges over emissions scandal May 16, 2023 The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, becoming the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. Rupert Stadler answered “yes” to a statement read in court by his attorney that said Stadler [...]
RAC accuses forecourts of ripping off motorists with higher fuel prices despite slump in wholesale costs January 28, 2023 One of the UK’s largest motorist organisations has accused forecourts of profiteering from fuel prices by failing to pass on a fall in wholesale costs. The RAC said costs at the pump were still much higher than wholesale costs which have fallen in the last few months. Data published today by the RAC showed that [...]
Fuel price warning if Asda forecourt mega-merger goes ahead January 23, 2023 A MOOTED merger between Asda and its owners’ separate forecourt business could lead to significantly higher fuel prices, a campaign group has warned. The billionaires – who bought Asda in 2020 for £6.8bn – are reportedly plotting to merge the supermarket chain with their forecourt business EG Group. The merger could create a new company [...]
RAC calls on Tesco and others to cut fuel prices as costs fall January 6, 2023 The RAC has called on Big Four supermarkets such as Tesco to further cut fuel prices as diesel and petrol prices fell by around 9 per cent in December. Data published today by the motoring group show that petrol went down by 8.4p to 151.1p per litre in December, whilst diesel decreased by 9.4p to [...]
Under the pump: Priti Patel among 29 MPs to back call for fuel pricing watchdog December 28, 2022 Priti Patel has joined almost 30 other colleagues in calling for a pump pricing watchdog to tackle the soaring fuel costs for motorists. The former home secretary signed a letter backing FairFuelUK’s call for an oversight body and commissioner to keep prices down, which is also supported by Dame Andrea Leadsom. This comes as motoring [...]
Brits had most volatile year for fuel costs as CMA probe ‘rocket and feather’ pricing December 6, 2022 Brits have suffered the most volatile year on record for fuel prices, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and cost of living crisis continued to pile pressure on drivers the pumps. New analysis published today show fuel prices rose by 50p a litre from January to July, which is the largest leap ever recorded. It [...]
Supermarkets ‘implored’ to lower forecourt fuel prices after steady wholesale drop November 28, 2022 Motoring group the RAC has urged supermarkets for not lowering prices in forecourts despite wholesale fuel going down in price. The car-owners’ organisation appealed to the big four – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda to make consumers’ lives easier amid the cost of living crisis. In new figures released, the RAC showed wholesale fuel prices [...]
Wizz Air’s losses widen as soaring fuel prices hit low-cost carrier’s profitability November 2, 2022 Hungarian airline Wizz Air today said soaring fuel prices had caused its losses to more than triple over the previous year. The budget airline said surging commodity prices and an unfavourable exchange rate had seen the price it pays for jet fuel double, as it posed losses of €384.4m (£330.6m) for the second quarter of [...]
Watch the moment 30 activists invade Parliament’s central lobby in fuel protest October 24, 2022 More than 30 Greenpeace activists invaded the central lobby in Parliament to mark Rishi Sunak’s ascendency to Number 10. The environmental campaigners, joined by Fuel Poverty Action, sat down in the centre of the Palace of Westminster unfurling a banner reading ‘chaos costs lives.’ They called on the prime minister in waiting Rishi Sunak to [...]
Drivers should have seen bigger fuel price cuts, says RAC October 5, 2022 Drivers should have seen a bigger cut in fuel prices at the pump after costs slumped in September. According to data published today by the RAC, the average price of a litre of petrol went down to 162.9p – the sixth biggest monthly drop since 2000. Filling up a 55-litre petrol car has gone back [...]