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UK car production falls for the eighth month after slow take up of electric vehicles and looming fines

The poor figures come as car makers warn forthcoming fines for producing too many petrol and diesel cars could lead to more factory closures

The Independent UK

Business Secretary to face MPs amid concerns over electric vehicle mandate

It comes after Vauxhall-owner Stellantis said it would close its van-making plant in Luton, putting 1,100 jobs at risk.

Evening Standard

Electric shock: carmakers battle strict UK electric car rules as big fines loom

As Ford announced cutting 800 UK jobs it said rules forcing companies to sell more EVs each year are ‘unworkable’

The Guardian - UK

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Enterprise Car Club fined me for someone else’s unpaid fuel

I was charged £113.45 after firm insisted petrol station-related fine was mine to pay despite evidence to the contrary

The Guardian - UK

Used EVs save owners average of £1,600/year compared with petrol models – study

A think tank said savings have risen since early 2023 as second-hand electric vehicles are ‘no longer more expensive to buy’.

Evening Standard

Used electric cars save owners over £1,000 a year compared with petrol models, study finds

A think tank said savings have risen since early 2023 as second-hand electric vehicles are ‘no longer more expensive to buy’.

The Independent UK

Pimpinero: Blood and Oil review – road thrills with South American border smugglers

The brutal petrol trade between Venezuela and Colombia in 2012 is the backdrop to Andrés Baiz’s starry if slow-paced tale of brothers navigating the future

The Guardian - UK

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'Guarded references': Door opening to rate cuts

The Reserve Bank of Australia remains 'vigilant to upside risks to inflation' but has stepped through a number of scenarios allowing it to cut interest rates.

AAP

Petrol car registrations drop as hybrids and EVs hit fast lane

'The cost of EVs has definitely come down too.'

Newcastle Herald

Bonfire ‘warzone’ as petrol bombs and fireworks hurled at police across UK cities

Several arrests made in Manchester and Edinburgh as yobs cause mayhem

Evening Standard

Electric car sales grow in UK despite decline in overall vehicle market

Carmakers sell 29,800 electric cars in October as diesel models drop by a fifth and petrol cars by 14%

The Guardian - UK

More Government support and public exposure to EVs needed, Polestar UK boss says

Matt Galvin said Government incentives were needed for the industry, but helping the public to ‘re-gear’ its thinking around the tech would aid sales.

The Independent UK

Tim Dowling: my wife and I are swimming against the tide on our day at the beach

The car park is full of ostentatious backer-inners making everyone else wait. What is wrong with these people?

The Guardian - UK

Fuel duty: How will Rachel Reeves’s freeze on motorist tax affect you?

Rachel Reeves announces fuel duty freeze as motorists spared from Budget tax rises

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Fuel duty frozen as Government maintains 5p cut

In her Budget speech to the Commons, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said this is a ‘substantial commitment’.

The Conversation

Inflation is sinking ever lower. Now that it’s official what’s the RBA going to do?

Lower petrol prices and an electricity rebate have contributed to a further fall in the quarterly measure of inflation, the Consumer Price Index.

The Guardian - UK

Petrol and food prices will fall thanks to oil glut, says World Bank

Downward trend in oil price from higher production, falling demand in China and clean energy to continue

RideApart

Does Royal Enfield's New Bear 650 Scrambler Look...Familar to You?

In recent years, Royal Enfield has rebirth in a fashion that's nothing short of astonishing. The company has begun building bikes that finally compete on the world stage, and bikes which the world actually wants. Case in point, the Himalayan 450 I just can't seem to stop thinking about, nor writing…

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Woman & Home

Woman of the Hour ending explained: The meaning behind Amy's ambiguous final moments

Viewers are devouring Anna Kendrick’s astonishing true crime movie, Woman of The Hour - but what happened in the film’s final moments and what does it mean? We take a look.

International Business Times

Man Arrested After Throwing Suspected Petrol Bombs At Japan Ruling Party HQ: Media

A man was arrested in Tokyo after throwing several suspected petrol bombs at the ruling party headquarters Saturday morning, Japanese media said, just over a week before a general election.

International Business Times

Nigerians Sacrifice Cars As Cost Of Living Crisis Worsens

Nigeria's economic crisis and soaring petrol prices forced Bolaji Emmanuel to give up his driver and his Honda Pilot utility vehicle, as he struggles with spiking living costs.

Al Jazeera

Mass funerals held for over 150 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker explosion

Many killed while scooping up spilled petrol from road, rising fuel prices forcing them to take ‘desperate measures’.

AAP

Hard-to-miss petrol pricing a 'proxy' for inflation

Households are constantly reminded of the price of filling up and the Reserve Bank says that's why petrol plays an outsized role in expectations for inflation.

Bored Panda

People Fleeing Hurricane Milton Abandon Their Pig, She Gets Rescued And Named Millie

A pig named Millie, who was found tied to a petrol station after surviving Hurricane Milton, gets happily rescued, but not before putting up quite a bit of resistance. The post People Fleeing Hurricane Milton Abandon Their Pig, She Gets Rescued And Named Millie first appeared on Bored Panda.

AAP

Sparklers to petrol: attacks on YouTuber home escalated

A group of men allegedly tried to set the home of a popular YouTuber on fire using sparklers, then ramped up their efforts by dousing the residence in petrol.

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