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MARCH 27, 2013

Petrol cars are making a comeback in the used car market as buyers realise they do not cover enough miles to justify the higher purchase cost and higher fuel prices of a diesel model, according to Autorola.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Volkswagen’s flagship green Bluemotion model on its new Polo, is to swap diesel for a petrol engine in the UK, as the carmaker works to meet demand for cleaner, urban-friendly petrol engine cars. A new refreshed Polo is due to launch this summer, updated with a range of new technologies and [.]. Volkswagen'

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JULY 31, 2017

The sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans is to be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government has confirmed.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Oxford will become the world’s first zero-emission city under new council-backed proposals, which could ban ALL petrol and diesel vehicles from the city by 2035.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Petrol or diesel? Unless you choose an all-electric model such as the Nissan Leaf, it’s a question you’ll have to consider before choosing your next c.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Diesel or petrol? Why, diesel, of course. All you need to do is select the lowest CO2 car you can and you’re fine, right? It is greener; it has lower CO2 and, as we’re both told and financially incentivised, less CO2 is better for the environment. If only it were that simple. Let’s not get [.].

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Earlier this week we looked at China’s increasing impact in the green car sector in our Green Piece Column – however, its role in a number of transport related sectors should not be overlooked.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

They have been designed and developed as a greener transport alternative, but a new study claims electric cars are a bigger environmental burden than conventional petrol and diesel cars.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Instead, it looked at car buyers’ attitudes to green cars, and how many people are actively environmentally conscious when it comes to choosing new models and the makers to buy them from. Ford this week revealed results of a poll it commissioned. Don’t worry, it wasn’t focused on brand specifics.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

Complementing the best-selling plug-in hybrid and turbo diesel models in the range, a new seven-seat Mitsubishi Outlander Petrol is now available to UK customers.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 9, 2013

The Green Piece Column. While the AA reports that sales of petrol have fallen in the last five years, driven by a big consumer switch to diesel cars in recent years (see story), there is evidence to suggest that the perhaps buyers are thinking of switching back to dependable old petrol [.].

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APRIL 5, 2013

billion litres of petrol. Green credentials diesel fuel petrol' Figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, seen by the AA, show that in 2007, fuel stations sold 22.9 By 2012, that figure fell to 17.4 [.].

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Maserati’s V6 petrol-engined Levante S is now available in the UK, joining the Levante line-up alongside the successful diesel variant launched last year.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

If you''re not convinced by the concept of global warming and the need to turn away from petrol and diesel power in our vehicles, then a new report has highlighted the direct impact that these fumes can have on our health. Latest News Green cars Green credentials'

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MARCH 29, 2011

The UK government has rejected plans from the EU which plan a ban on petrol and diesel cars from city centres by 2050.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

German carmaker, Audi reckons its making the choice between diesel and petrol even harder for Europeans with the arrival of the reworked 1.2 TFSI engine on its all-new A3 model. This new engine choice offers both gains in efficiency and performance, with faster acceleration and up to 57.6 mpg on a combined cycle. That compares [.].

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

California may be leading the way as one of the greenest states in the USA, but that hasn’t stopped demand for petrol leaping in the area. According to figures from the California State Board of Equalisation for October 2010, petrol consumption leapt by 0.9 per cent year on year, while diesel consumption actually fell by [.].

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JANUARY 28, 2011

It’s not just the environment that could benefit from you turning to a clean diesel or a hybrid car – it might be your wallet too. That’s the verdict of a new study by Carnegie Mellon University which finds that for passenger cars, turbo-charged direct injection diesels or hybrids retain more value than conventional vehicles. [.].

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MAY 14, 2019

The automotive industry is slowly turning in favour of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFV), especially with the government announcing a ban on the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040

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APRIL 8, 2010

Petrol prices in the UK have soared past the pre-recession record set back in in July 2008. According to PetrolPrices.com the average cost of fuel in the country now stands at 120 pence per litre for petrol and 120.6 pence for diesel. This overtakes the 2008 record when petrol cost 119.7pence a litre- a price [.].

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JANUARY 30, 2013

There is no sign of relief for motorists facing ever higher fuel bills, after a new investigation revealed no evidence of anti-competitive trading in the petrol industry. Fuel prices in the UK have soared over the last ten years as largely as a result of rising crude oil prices and increased tax and duty-not as [.].

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MAY 29, 2020

When it comes to cars, choosing which fuel type meets your needs best is more important that it’s ever been

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JANUARY 2, 2012

As California leads the push towards green motoring, could it be turning its back on petroleum (gasoline) in favour of diesel power? According to figures from the state Board of Equalisation, petrol consumption decreased by two per cent in the third quarter of 2011 – while diesel fuel consumption increased by 6.6

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate fuel prices in an attempt to identify whether or not there has been a distortion of market competition. As motorists and businesses express deep concern about the cost of fuel in the UK, the OFT has announced that it will spend six weeks gathering evidence on [.].

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AUGUST 20, 2009

per cent and distillate fuel oil deliveries (which includes diesel fuel) notched up their first month in nearly two years without a significant dip. Tags: Cars Green cars Latest news American Petroleum Institute oil demand petrol petrol demand. per cent compared to a year ago.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

You don’t have to be Heidi Klum to realise that diesel is “in” and petroleum is “out” as far as the French are concerned. Diesels accounted for 70.3 Meanwhile, petrol models fell by a point to 26.3 per cent of new vehicle registrations during January – that’s up a point to 131,230 units. per cent, [.].

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Among them are two new vehicles from Mercedes Benz – the diesel-powered E350 BlueTEC and the hydrogen fuel cell powered F-Cell, both of which will be making their North American debuts at the event. The E350 BlueTEC is powered by a 3.0litre V6 diesel engine with 210hp and 542Nm of torque.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Land Rover’s new hybrid models have been predominately built with the European market in mind, it has been revealed, as the carmaker explains why it chose to team an electric drivetrain with a diesel-rather than a petrol engine. Hybrid cars Land Rover' Even though the leading markets for hybrids are in the US and Far E[.].

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JUNE 28, 2012

Leaded petrol has long been banned in many countries, after it was linked to neurological and cardiovascular illnesses. Lead is still pervasive in the environment despite the slow phasing out of leaded fuels, according to new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It’s official

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APRIL 15, 2012

With European emission standards looming, it seems a shift from petrol to diesel engines could be the key to climate mitigation efforts. That’s the verdict of research published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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JULY 22, 2013

If hydrogen is ever to emerge as a serious alternative to petrol and diesel as a fuel for our cars, then it''s vital that its costs are kept to a minimum: and now ITM Power believes it has made a breakthrough in smashing its cost structure. Latest News Green cars Hydrogen fuel Hyundai Hydrogen cars'

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Alongside the new petrol and diesel Mokka, Vauxhall has released full details and the expected delivery dates for the electric version – the Mokka-e.

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MAY 14, 2013

If electric vehicles are to truly breakout as a mainstream alternative to petrol and diesel vehicles then standardisation is vital in the industry: something that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has addressed in its latest Standardisation Roadmap for Electric Vehicles. Latest News Green cars Electric cars'

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

After the Model S became the best-selling car in Norway (and yes, that includes petrol and diesel models, see Tesla Model S tops sales charts), the electric car maker Tesla Motors has now set its sights on the German market. Latest News Green cars Tesla Motors'

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MAY 7, 2011

A partnership has been formed between General Motors and the University of Wisconsin looking into high-speed petrol direct injection compression ignition operation in low temperature combustion of a light duty diesel engine. Some of the findings made [.].

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MARCH 26, 2020

With the government announcing a ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrids cars from 2035 (or 2032 maybe), you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d all be clambering to jump into an electric vehicle as soon as possible.

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