The RAC predicts petrol could hit 150pp litre and diesel 160pp litre as tensions rise in the Middle East over coming weeks.
The motoring body said retailers had pushed up profits since January and this added £5.00 to fill up a typical car.
Labour and Plaid Cymru have voted against a Welsh Conservatives’ motion in the Senedd to roll back the controversial 20mph default speed limit and end the ban on new road building.
But the new Welsh Transport Minister, Ken Skates, said he was willing to look at applying the speed limit in certain locations such as outside schools and hospitals in response to the public concern and petition calling for the 30mph limit to be reinstated as the norm.
Tesla boss Elon Musk has told his 140,000-plus workforce that the company may lay off one-in-ten of them to reduce costs and media reports it may be as many as 20%.
It comes after slower than expected sales of its Cybertruck and issues around parts shipped through the Red Sea as well as an arson attack in their German plant which is being investigated by local police.
Analysis of Department for Energy Security and Net Zero statistics from the clean transport group Transport & Environment UK has found that sales of diesel fuel has significantly fallen in London.
The decline is outpacing all other regions in the UK with figures suggest sales fell nearly 40% in London over the past four years compared to 20% in other regions.
The proposed factory site for a massive car battery plant outside Newcastle has now been bought up by the American Blackstone Group.
One of the world’s biggest investment businesses now intends to use the location for an enormous data centre instead of previous owner’s plans to make traction batteries there.
A staggering 3 in 5 car owners are embarrassed by how unclean they allow their cars to get and new drivers aged 18-24 are most likely to go red-faced due to the state of their car, with a whopping 78% admitting to their dirty driving habits.
More than a quarter (27%) confessed that they’d refused a friend a lift because they were too embarrassed by their car’s uncleanliness and Tesla drivers are among those most ashamed of their vehicle hygiene and unlikely to give lifts due to their embarrassment.
JLR and the Allye Energy storage company have shared technology to provide a portable Battery Energy Storage System.
Using seven recycled second-life traction batteries from Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models, the power packs can be moved on a small trailer to where they are needed by dealers or businesses and in off-grid remote locations.
Pure electric car sales have slowed across Europe, according to the latest analysis by the car makers’ body, ACEA.
Petrol and diesel registrations have also declined but the number of hybrid models has increased as their technology becomes more widespread.
Speaking about a proposal from the Department for Transport to allow young people to undertake their theory tests to become an HGV driver before obtaining a provisional licence, Chris Yarsley, Senior Policy Manager for Road Freight Regulation at business group Logistics UK said, “Allowing young people to start their driver theory training before obtaining their provisional licences will kickstart their route into becoming HGV drivers.
“However, it is worth remembering that driving a vehicle of this size is a technically challenging occupation, which is highly regulated for a reason, and we will be ensuring as part of the consultation that all the necessary training for qualification as a safe and compliant driver is still achieved before taking to the roads.”