Diesel price has soared to over 184.20ppl in a month, says the RAC Fuel Watch service.
That’s up nearly 42ppl since the beginning of March while petrol is 153.68ppl, a rise of 21ppl in the month and with the Easter getaway beginning it will make a typical family fill up £100 and £84 respectively.
Fleets should tighten security around fuel in response to the sudden price jump affecting petrol and diesel caused by the war in Iran, says FleetCheck.
The fleet software company points out that historically, moments such as this have caused peaks in fuel crime – and car, van and truck operators should be vigilant.
Cardiff is revealed to be the commuting city where drivers move fastest in the UK, with an average driving speed of up to 43 miles per hour during rush-hour.
In second, Stoke-on-Trent residents were able to average speeds of 36.2 miles per hour, while Tamworth drivers were very closely behind with a 36.1 miles per hour average and London ranks as the slowest city for drivers during rush hour, with average speeds sitting at a relatively slow 22 miles per hour.
Carpooling specialist Mobilityways has welcomed the International Energy Agency’s call for governments and businesses to encourage car sharing, and is urging UK employers to act immediately as energy prices continue to rise.
The IEA, which counts the UK among its 32 member nations, this week outlined ten measures to reduce energy consumption worldwide in response to the ongoing conflict in the Gulf. Garage services topped the start up league table in the automotive sector last year with over 9,600 newcomers entering businesses and 8,500 went into car sales, said analysis by Moneysupermarket.com.
But they are just a very small percentage recorded by Companies House who logged almost 780,300 newcomers, mostly in the professions.
Daimler Truck AG, the Volvo Group and Toyota will collaborate in the fuel cell joint venture cellcentric.
The companies intend to cooperate as equal shareholders, and use the partners’ complementary expertise and know-how to support and advance their shared goal of developing, producing, and marketing fuel cell systems for heavy-duty commercial vehicles and other heavy-duty applications such as plant vehicles.
Windrose Technology has demonstrated its hyper charging electric boost for HGVs which punched in 745amps in 42 mins.
That’s enough for a truck’s 250 miles range, which means it is charging faster and for a longer range than a driver can legally drive a HGV.
As an official vehicle partner of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, INEOS Automotive has delivered the first batch of Grenadier 4X4s to support the charity’s vital lifesaving search and rescue work.
As part of a five-year partnership, INEOS Automotive is providing 20 Grenadier station wagons to the RNLI, to help volunteers position, launch and recover the charity’s D-class lifeboats.
