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Fuel retailers face fines if they do not ‘come clean’ over pricing
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said it will grant new powers to the Competition and Markets Authority to monitor pump prices.
Surge in number of drivers stealing fuel
Forecourt owners attempted to trace offenders over 39,563 incidents between July and September, new figures show.
Parking tickets from private firms up 29% in a year
Figures show a record 11.1 million tickets were handed out in the 12 months to the end of March.
Vehicle emissions-based schemes have generated ‘more than £418m since 2021’
London’s ultra low emission zone accounts for the majority of this income.
Premier League away fans face another season of high car travel costs
Petrol prices have fallen from near-record levels in August 2022 but are still around 15p per litre higher than at the start of the 2021/22 season.
Connected cars can identify dangerous roads before crashes happen, study finds
Research for the RAC Foundation found that data generated about extreme manoeuvres can be used to locate dangerous stretches of road.
Twelve people killed in e-scooter crashes last year
Figures published by the Department for Transport show 11 riders and one pedestrian died in collisions involving the vehicles.
Designers called on to make electric car charge points as ‘iconic’ as black cabs
The result will be unveiled at the international Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow in November, and will be seen on UK roads from next year.