All Diesel articles – Page 11
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Two arrested over 11,000 litre diesel thefts
Staffordshire Police have arrested two men in Burton on suspicion of stealing more than 11,500 litres of diesel. The police force reported that the arrests were the result of an intelligence-led operation concerning thefts of diesel from sites in the town. On 24 October, 2,064 litres of diesel fuel was ...
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Illicit diesel claims 8% of NI market
The illicit market in diesel has continued a decade-long decline in size, and is so small in Great Britain it is difficult to quantify, but it still accounts for 8% of the Northern Irish market with a loss to the Exchequer of £50m. These are the findings of the latest ...
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New diesel engines still exceeding emission limits
Many new diesel cars are still exceeding emission limits despite having passed official tests, according to independent tests. The EQUA Air Quality Index has been developed by Emissions Analytics, and aims to measure emissions in real-life on-the-road driving rather than the laboratory-based test used for the Euro-6 standards. The company ...
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Estercheck offers bio-diesel analysis
With use of bio-diesel increasing, Stanhope-Seta is offering a handheld device for checking the percentage of bio-diesel in fuel. Bio-diesel is a diesel fuel that contains blends of FAME (fatty-acid methyl ester) made from animal fats and vegetable oils. It combusts with lower concentrations of toxic emissions than conventional diesel ...
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Diesel pollution affected by temperature
Pollution from many popular diesel cars is much worse when the outside temperature is cooler than 18C, new research suggests. Experts have suggested the reason is that many engine management systems switch off or reduce pollution controls in lower temperatures. Very hot and cold weather can damage engine components, and ...
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Diesel usage in London reaches all-time high
Efforts to deter the use of diesel cars in London appear to have failed, with their share of the market reaching a record high in 2015, according to Leonie Cooper, Labour’s London assembly environment spokesperson, who obtained the figures from the Department for Transport. With diesel vehicles being blamed for ...
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Germany “needs” to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2030
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars in Germany will have to be phased out by 2030, in order for it to meet pollution targets, a minister has warned. Deputy economy minister Rainer Baake said all new cars registered in Germany will have to be emissions free by 2030 if ...
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NewsDiesel duty hike furore: the facts
National press furore this week over proposed hikes in diesel fuel duty appear to have been over-hyped and full of misinformation, following some careless comments by transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin. They stemmed from an article in the Evening Standard, which was then picked up by most national newspapers, and many ...
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VW’s UK boss predicts decline in diesel cars
Volkswagen’s UK boss is predicting diesel’s share of the UK car market could drop to as low as 30% as sales of petrol and alternative-fuelled cars strengthen. “The percentage of diesel will decline. It’s already happening. The first to be affected will be small cars,” said VW Group UK boss ...
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Diesel leak after oil pipe drilled
West Midlands Police are investigating a diesel spillage which they believe was caused when an oil pipe was drilled to access fuel. Diesel was spilled onto Forge Lane near Sandwell Valley Country Park, threatening to contaminate local parkland and leading police to close nearby roads. Forge Lane was closed between ...
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Diesel cars all exceed emissions limits in tests
All the diesel vehicles tested by the UK government exceeded emissions limits in real driving conditions, but it found no evidence of car manufacturers, apart from the VW Group, fitting devices to defeat the approved emissions test programme. Today (21 April) the UK government published its research into emissions levels ...
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NewsThames Oilport takes first delivery of diesel
Thames Oilport has taken receipt of a diesel shipment for the first time since the closure of the Coryton refinery. It is the first in a series of diesel shipments to be stored on site. Coryton had supplied 20% of London and the South East’s fuel but its owner Petroplus ...
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NewsPetrol prices forecast to remain low as diesel climbs
Increased petrol production should keep pump prices pegged down in March, while the price of diesel is likely to move back above petrol, according to the latest RAC Fuel Watch report. It said the average price of petrol fell slightly in February, marking eight consecutive months of falls. From the ...
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Retail margins being squeezed as price of diesel is pushed down by supermarkets
Retail margins on petrol have fallen, according to the AA, and prices have continued to fall. In its latest AA Fuel Price Report, it says: "AA research finds that during the periods of early 2014, early 2015 and late 2015, subtracting the cost of wholesale, ethanol and tax from the ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut further 2ppl off diesel
Tesco and Morrisons have followed after Asda cut 2ppl off the price of diesel, bringing its national price cap down to 97.7ppl while unleaded remains at 99.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s senior petrol director, said: “We’re delighted to be the first retailer to take diesel to its lowest price level in ...
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NewsSupermarkets follow indies diesel price cuts
More than a fortnight after independents began selling diesel for less than a pound per litre the UK’s four supermarket giants have followed their lead. Independent supermarket and fuel retailer Jempson’s was one of the first to dip below £1 per litre, cutting diesel to 99.7ppl on December 17. The ...
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NewsIndependent cuts diesel to 99.7ppl
An independent retailer, who hit the headlines at the start of the year after cutting petrol down to 99.7ppl, has gained more publicity after cutting diesel to 99.7ppl. Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs three Harvest-branded sites in the Midlands with his wife, Ananthi, cut prices at his sites in Birmingham, Redditch ...
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NewsRAC calls for diesel price cuts
The RAC is urging supermarkets to cut their diesel prices to those of petrol, or even below, because wholesale prices of diesel are 3ppl less than petrol. It warns that if they don’t “they are in danger of being seen to take the country’s 11m diesel car drivers and Britain’s ...
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Diesel at lowest level for six years
November was a landmark month for the UK fuel market, according to the RAC, with both the lowest average pump price for diesel in six years and the first widespread sight of petrol being sold for less than £1 a litre since Summer 2009. RAC Fuel Watch data for November ...
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Hyper cuts put petrol below diesel
Two months after supermarkets cut diesel prices below unleaded petrol Asda has been the first to restore petrol’s position as the cheaper fuel. On Wednesday 23rd September Asda cut the price of unleaded by 2ppl, making its national price cap105.7ppl on unleaded while diesel remained at 107.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s ...