Are you ready to pay almost R20 per litre of fuel? AA predicts rapid rise of fuel cost to continue unabated. Petrol price has risen by 30 per cent in the past 11 months in SA. For motoring news, go to Wheels24 South Africans must brace for impact at the end of October as the country is set to experience record-breaking highs at fuel pumps when it comes time to fill…

A "catastrophic" fuel price hike is on the cards for November, the Automobile Association has warned. Based on its calculations, R20 per litre for petrol was "realistic" before the end of the year, it said in a statement on its website on Monday. The AA does not regulate or adjust fuel prices in SA, but it publishes two fuel price outlooks per month. Fuel prices are officially calculated and adjusted…

Motorists should brace themselves for yet another fuel price hike at the end of October for November, according to the current data prediction. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA) which was commenting on recent exchange rate and commodities data. According to the AA, the current picture shows petrol up by 99 cents a litre, and diesel and illuminating paraffin higher by a whopping R1.42 a litre. The association…

Turning bales of straw into ethanol is about to become a highly profitable venture in Europe, according to a firm that just opened a production site in the continent. Clariant, a Swiss chemicals maker, just opened a facility in Romania to make so-called advanced biofuels, which use agricultural waste or non-edible crops to make fuels that can be blended into gasoline and diesel. That’s environmentally better than so-called first-generation ethanol currently on…

Two minority shareholders at Sasol have filed a second resolution calling for the chemicals and energy company to improve its disclosure of climate lobbying. Climate lobbying involves firms trying to block regulations that would otherwise avert a climate crisis - either directly or through their trade associations. Nonprofit shareholder activism organisation Just Share and Aeon Investment Management had previously co-filed a resolution requiring that energy and chemicals company Sasol outline its climate…

The UK government has failed to end petrol shortages at the pumps, the head of a trade association for independent filling stations said Thursday, urging an independent probe. Britain has seen more than two weeks of queues and panic-buying at petrol stations, particularly in London and southeast England, partly caused by a lack of EU lorry drivers post-Brexit. "The recovery is simply not happening quickly enough," Brian Madderson, chairman of…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he won’t fall back on immigration to solve the UK’s truck driver shortage The UK government has struggled to show it has a grip on the crisis, with images of long queues for petrol threatening to undermine the ruling Conservative Party The government has been stung by criticism that it failed to prepare for supply shortages, but ministers grudgingly concede it is caused in part…

Almost 200 military tanker personnel will be deployed to deliver petrol to fuel stations in the UK. Earlier this week, fears over fuel tanker driver shortages led to panic buying. Demand for fuel has been stabilising and stations are stocking up, but some parts of the UK may face severe shortages.   The British army will begin delivering petrol to fuel stations on Monday after fears over tanker driver shortages…

The petrol price is expected to come down slightly on Wednesday, but diesel users can expect to pay more for the fuel. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) on Monday issued fuel adjustment prices for October. The changes are: Petrol (both 93 ULP and LRP): 4 c/l decrease Petrol (both 95 ULP and LRP): 1 c/l decrease Diesel (0.05% sulphur): 22.8 c/l increase Diesel (0.005% sulphur): 22.8 c/l…