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Govt Raises Petrol and Diesel Taxes But Spares Consumers From Price Hike

New excise duty: ₹13 (petrol), ₹10 (diesel) per litre from April 8. PSU oil firms to absorb cost; no change in retail price. Read more at Dynamite News

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Govt increases excise duty on petrol, diesel by Rs 2 per litre

Petrol and diesel prices hiked by ₹2 per litre as central government raises excise duty.

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Worx Nitro WG761E 80V lawn mower review: cordless power meets petrol performance

Big power, no fumes – the Worx Nitro might just be the ultimate cordless mower

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Car tax: green motoring just got more expensive as EVs lose exemption

Concern grows that people will be put off buying electric vehicles because most will also have to pay ‘expensive car supplement’

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Labour: changes to EV rules will have ‘negligible’ impact on UK emissions

Transport secretary says overhaul in response to Trump tariffs supports car firms and climate goals

The Guardian - UK

Starmer promises ‘bold changes’ to rules over electric cars in response to Trump tariffs

Department for Transport officials said ‘flexibilities’ in electric vehicle targets will help carmakers transition away from petrol engines

The Independent UK

PM to back ‘British brilliance’ with support for car industry in wake of tariffs

The Prime Minister will officially reinstate the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars on Monday.

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Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal

With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add two years to Kathmandu residents’ lives

The Guardian - UK

Dutton fuels angst over cost of living in mortgage belt

Peter Dutton has used a keynote address to rally voters in the outer suburbs, promising instant cost-of-living relief across a mortgage belt doing it tough.

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Car sales accelerate, with hybrids leading the charge

More drivers are getting behind the wheel of a new car but preferences are changing, with hybrids speeding up and petrol cars slowing down.

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'You would never believe it was once a petrol station': striking £1.5m new townhouse for sale in Kentish Town

Highgate Road has been home to a petrol station since the 1950s. Now, six luxury townhouses stand in its place

Evening Standard

BYD Seal U DM-i review: Plug-in hybrid SUV could be Britain’s best value new car

BYD’s novel take on a plug-in hybrid uses advanced tech to keep you running on electric power for longer. It’s impressively efficient and tremendous value with plenty of family-friendly space

The Independent UK

All the changes to car tax from April 1

VED, often referred to as car tax, is a tax on the ownership of a vehicle

The Independent UK

New car tax rules could ‘undermine consumer confidence’ in EVs, Treasury warned

The Treasury will remove EVs’ exemption from vehicle excise duty – known as car tax – from Tuesday.

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Morning Mail: election call expected, Dutton promises more gas, US senators demand Signal inquiry

With Albanese set to call poll for early May, Dutton pledges cheaper gas and petrol; bipartisan call for investigation into group chat fiasco

The Independent UK

Could you live with an EV? All your questions answered in our expert buying guide

Thinking about switching to an electric car? Here’s what you need to know

The Conversation

We calculated how much Dutton’s excise cut would save you on fuel – and few will save as much as promised

The opposition has unveiled its response to Labor’s A$17 billion “top-up” tax cuts outlined in Tuesday night’s federal budget: cheaper fuel for Australians.

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Peter Dutton promises $6 billion 12-month halving of petrol and diesel excise

Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel.

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The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises

Editorial: BYD, a Chinese carmaker once dismissed by Tesla’s CEO, claims to have outpaced western rivals with charging tech that’s as fast as filling petrol engines

The Guardian - AU

Fuel is essential, snacks are not: how living costs are hitting Australians’ petrol station impulse buying

Unplanned purchases are an important revenue stream to service stations but motorists are increasingly eschewing them due to economic pressures

This new EV charger can charge as quickly as filling with petrol at the pump

BYD's super e-Platform EV charger promises 1,000 kW charging at 1,000 volts

Evening Standard

Man in his 50s stabbed in chest in front of terrified shoppers at Shell petrol station in Crystal Palace

The victim was quickly taken to a major trauma centre for treatment

International Business Times

China EV Giant BYD Soars After 5-minute Charging Platform Unveiled

Shares in Chinese EV giant BYD surged to a record high Tuesday after it unveiled new battery technology it says can charge a vehicle in the same time it takes to fill up a petrol car.

Evening Standard

Nissan Qashqai Tekna+ e-Power 2WD: Sports utility upgraded

The latest model has broadened appeal with useful improvements

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Asda cuts fuel prices by 4p per litre amid drop in wholesale costs

It comes after the RAC said fuel prices should fall from a six-month high.

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