All Diesel articles
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NewsSomerset diesel drivers will pay more to park
Emission-based parking charges will be introduced at all Bath & North East Somerset Council-owned car parks, with higher charges for diesel drivers.
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Equipment NewsTECH TALK: Toyota, Subaru and Mazda plot the future with carbon-neutral combustion engines
Vehicle manufacturers Toyota, Subaru and Mazda, have committed to the future of internal combusion engines by maximising their integration with motors, batteries, and other electric drive units, as well as making them compatible with various carbon-neutral fuels.
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NewsHighway Stops Retail rolls out AdBlue pumps for cars and vans
Top 50 Indie Highway Stops Retail, which fitted AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid pumps as part of a site renovation last year and has added the technology to five other locations in recent months, describes the decision as one of the company’s “best investments”.
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NewsSMMT calls for action as lack of ‘van-suitable’ chargepoints contributes to 42% slump in sales of electric LCVs
UK demand for new light commercial vehicles (LCVs) rose by 5.4% in April as more businesses invested in the latest models, but take-up of battery electric vans slumped by 42.2%, prompting callls for “urgent action” to deliver ’van-suitable’ public chargepoints across the UK.
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NewsNew data shows ULEZ in London is working, says clean transport group
Clean transport group Transport & Environment UK (T&E) says its latest analysis of Department for Energy Security and Net Zero statistics shows that ULEZ is working in London.
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NewsHaringey hammers diesel drivers
Haringey Council has introduced a surcharge for parking a diesel car in on-street bays across the borough.
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NewsNew power cut info service launched for increased EV charging confidence
UK Power Networks says it is increasing EV charging confidence with the release of the country’s first open-source power cut software called Powercast.
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NewsUsed car market will undergo radical change, says new report
The UK car market is set to undergo a radical change by 2028, according to the latest Cox Automotive new and used car market forecast.
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Equipment NewsTECH TALK: The UK could become a world leader in low-carbon fuel production if government listens to the needs of industry
When the government announces its response to its Low Carbon Fuels Strategy consultation later this year, it must grasp an historic opportunity to make the UK a world leader in low-carbon fuels.
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NewsGreenergy boosts production of lower-carbon biodiesel for transport
Global fuel supplier Greenergy has announced the successful commissioning of expansion works at two of its biodiesel plants - in the UK and in Amsterdam - to enable a wider range of waste oils as feedstocks to be processed into lower carbon biodiesel for transport fuels.
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NewsCar dealers think used car buyers will stick with ICE vehicles for longer
More than four out of 10 car dealers (44%) think used car buyers will stick with petrol and diesel cars for longer following the government’s decision to delay the ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles to 2035.
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NewsNew vehicle registrations fell in 2022 but plug-in vehicles were up 21%
The number of new vehicles registered in the UK in 2022 was down 4% compared with the previous year, but the number of new plug-in vehicles rose by 21%.
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NewsUK inventor converts diesel engine to run on hydrogen with zero emissions
A UK inventor claims to have developed a zero-emissions hydrogen fuel system that can be applied to any diesel or petrol engine, with the support of Innovate UK.
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NewsNumber of vehicles on UK roads hits record level but only 3.1% of cars have a plug
More Britons are getting back into the driving seat following the pandemic, according to new annual Motorparc data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), with the number of cars in use on UK roads in 2022 rising by 124,393 units to a total of 35,148,045.
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NewsMarket share of new plug-in cars falls slightly as overall car sales surge in March
The market share of new plug-in cars has fallen slightly as overall new car registrations in March bounced back by 18.2% to deliver the best new plate month performance since before the pandemic.
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NewsSales of new vans climbed to their highest level for a February in a quarter of a century
Sales of new vans climbed to their highest level for a February in a quarter of a century.
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NewsPolice appeal for information after theft of 70,000 litres of diesel from Oil4Wales depot
Dyfed-Powys Police are appealing for information after the theft of approximately 70,000 litres of diesel from the Oil4Wales fuel depot in Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire, on Friday February 17.
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NewsPolice seize 50 barrels of fuel suspected to be stolen red and white diesel
Fifty barrels of suspected stolen diesel have been seized by Nottinghamshire Police after intelligence led officers to an empty property.
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NewsRAC welcomes fall in price of diesel to below 170ppl for first time since March last year
The average price of a litre of diesel in the UK has fallen below 170p for the first time since last March, just after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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NewsCircle K moves tanker fleet in Ireland over to hydrotreated vegetable oil renewable diesel
Circle K, which operates forecourts across the island of Ireland, has announced that its fleet of delivery vehicles in the republic will be fuelled exclusively by hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel by early 2023.