Lotus win deal to boost greener driving

Lotus yesterday won two government contracts to help create the greener and more fuel efficient cars of the future.

The Norfolk-based car maker and engineering firm will help develop zero-emission London taxi cabs by 2012 and create a greener executive car as part of a consortium including Jaguar.

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The only answer to the fuel crisis

Motorists queueing for petrol or diesel at rip-off forecourt prices, or householders facing eye-watering increases in gas and electricity bills, may think that things can hardly get worse.

But they can - much worse. Before long it may be a question not of super-expensive fuel, but no fuel at all, as the electricity supply to the pumps is cut.

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Gordon Brown calls for drop in oil prices at Saudi Arabia summit | Mail Online

Families face spiralling food and fuel prices for ‘years ahead’ unless oil prices are curbed, Gordon Brown warned yesterday.

Households, motorists and businesses already under pressure from rising oil prices could continue to suffer ‘uncertainty and unpredictability’, the Prime Minister told an energy summit in Saudi Arabia.

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Fuel drivers offered 14% pay rise

Tanker drivers delivering fuel for Shell have been offered a 14% pay increase over two years after their four-day strike hit UK fuel supplies.

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Drivers charged up to £2 a litre as petrol station bosses cash in on fuel crisis

Petrol station bosses were accused of profiteering yesterday after it was revealed that a garage was charging up to £2 a litre at the pumps.

The astonishing price - which equates to £9 a gallon - came on the fourth and final day of a strike by Shell tanker drivers.

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First signs of panic at the pumps as drivers warned price of petrol 'will double'

Crucial talks aimed at averting a strike by hundreds of tanker drivers were held today amid signs some drivers were panic-buying petrol.

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Last bid to avert tanker strikes

Talks have begun to try and avert a four-day strike involving tanker drivers who deliver fuel for Shell.

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Taxi fares set to soar

TAXI drivers want an inflation-busting 4.7 per cent rise in cab fares to cover the spiralling cost of fuel.

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Oil price shock fuels fear of UK stagflation

At least one thing is no longer in any doubt: this is the world economy's third oil price shock, following in the footsteps of the Opec crises of the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Nurses call for petrol cost help

Community nurses are urging Chancellor Alastair Darling to compensate them for the soaring cost of petrol.

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