Here’s everything you need to know about fuel

Here’s everything you need to know about fuel

3 years ago
It’s a little game we all play when we get behind the wheel, called “make the needle move as slowly as possible”. Because – let’s face it – none of us enjoys pulling into the service station for more fuel. Last year, the average passenger car in the ACT travelled 11,800 kilometres and consumed around 11.1 litres of fuel every 100 kilometres. That’s 1,309 litres of fuel a year. Canberra’s average price for regular unleaded […]
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Electric vehicles may be growing in popularity, but petrol is here to stay

3 years ago
Regular readers of this column will know I have a certain fondness for cars, automobiles and vehicles of all shapes and sizes. I’m a bit of an old-school person generally, preferring the makes and shapes of the 1950s and 1960s rather than the almost anonymous lookalikes that parade up and down our roads today. Admittedly, the modern car is far safer and much more efficient than its predecessors but it does share one major factor […]
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Ampol backs new clean energy start-up, Endua

3 years ago
Ampol has partnered with Main Sequence and CSIRO to support the launch of the new Australian clean energy storage start-up, Endua. The company, which will be based at Ampol’s Brisbane site, will build sustainable, reliable and affordable hydrogen-powered energy storage with a range of applications across Australia’s key industries. Endua was formed under Main Sequence’s venture science model, which starts by identifying a global challenge, and brings together science and industry to solve it. The […]
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ACCC Confirmed: Metro Petroleum, Speedway, United, Vibe and FuelXpress has the cheapest fuel price in Australia

3 years ago
Throughout 2020, drivers in Australia’s five largest capitals (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide) could have saved a combined $485 million by switching from the higher-priced petrol stations to lower-priced major retailers. This comes off the back of new research by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which revealed independent petrol chains generally offered lower prices on fuel. The report showed the average price difference between these retailers in 2020 was 11.4 cents per-litre, […]
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Will an influx of new service stations spark boom or doom?

3 years ago
Australia’s petrol and convenience industry has been adding service stations year on year since July 2017. At the same time, cars have greater fuel efficiency or do not use fuel at all. So, a question I keep asking myself is, are we building towards a boom or constructing our doom? The number of service stations being built in Australia tells a story of growth. OPIS data shows that in the financial year 2017-18, there were […]
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