Motoring

London drivers ditching diesel cars six times faster than rest of UK

Abandoning of polluting vehicles has accelerated since expansion of ultra-low emission zone announced

Matthew Taylor

22, Oct, 2021 @8:12 AM

UK petrol prices predicted to hit record high within days

Forecourt owners blame rising oil prices for soaring costs at fuel pumps

Rob Davies

20, Oct, 2021 @3:50 PM

UK petrol price passes £1.40 a litre, highest in almost a decade

Average forecourt prices are 2.5p a litre from all-time high of April 2012

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

15, Oct, 2021 @2:38 PM

UK public warms to road pricing as fuel duty replacement considered

Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric cars

Gwyn Topham

15, Oct, 2021 @12:28 PM

Amid the petrol crisis, is it time to switch to an electric car?

With running-cost savings available, motorists are increasingly keen to go green

Shane Hickey

10, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM

Electric cars: how to cut the cost – and the best used deals

Little-known scheme similar to ‘bike to work’ could make it much cheaper to lease an electric vehicle

Miles Brignall

09, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

UK faces ‘grim winter’ with households already paying £442 extra in bills

Fast rise in petrol, food and energy prices will cost UK households an extra £442, analysts say

Zoe Wood

08, Oct, 2021 @3:56 PM

‘It was war’: school-run parents tackle petrol crisis traffic chaos

Residents set up traffic patrol to challenge drivers forming long polluting queues near London school

Damien Gayle

08, Oct, 2021 @2:27 PM

UK petrol prices are closing in on all-time high, warns RAC

Cost per litre nears the record 142.48 set in April 2012, stoked by global demand outpacing supply rather than UK fuel shortage

Rob Davies

05, Oct, 2021 @11:01 PM

UK car sales plunge but electric vehicles soar to record amid fuel crisis

Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decades

Julia Kollewe and Gwyn Topham

05, Oct, 2021 @12:55 PM

The lesson of the fuel crisis? Hell hath no fury like a lorry driver scorned | Zoe Williams

Whether you consider the petrol blockades of 2000 or this year’s anger over shortages, it’s clear that farmers and hauliers are genius protesters, writes Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

04, Oct, 2021 @2:12 PM

DVSA dithering over MOT mistake could negate my insurance cover

I discovered by chance my car had failed its test, even though it doesn’t need one