Unless you’ve had your head buried in the seabed, you’ll be aware that the earth’s supply of oil – and therefore man’s ability to make fuel for cars – is running out. Interestingly I remember being told at school it would all be gone by 2020, but I’m sure that was the wisdom of the [more]

Tags: algae, Algae new oil, biofuels, diesel, Fuel, hydrogen fuel cell, Kikkoman, oil, Petrol, shortage, toyota

Every so often, as a journalist, you come across a genuinely shocking nugget of news. Last week, while reading a Department for Transport report on foreign lorries in the UK, I came across something so staggering I actually read it three or four times to make sure I’d got it right.

Overseas trucks travelled almost [more]

Tags: Calais, European, foreign, Freight Transport Association, Fuel, lorries, overseas, port, trucks

Wednesday’s Budget marked the start of a bad eight days for drivers, with a trio of changes that affect almost every motorist.

Firstly, as of next Thursday, 1 April, fuel duty was due to go up by around 3p, pushing the price of a litre of unleaded perilously close to the 120p mark and a [more]

Tags: 130g/km, Alistair, Budget, Darling, Duty, Fuel, Petrol, Scheme, Scrappage, Showroom, Tax, Unleaded