Petrol Overtakes Diesel As Fuel Of Choice
Friday, 11. May 2018
Jason Lloyd is MD of www.petrolprices.com. He recently commented on a report/map published by insurer Admiral of fuel usage across 16 Western European Countries.
It reveals that petrol is Europe’s most popular fuel with the Netherlands topping the list and the UK coming in at 6th place.
The UK uses slightly more petrol than diesel with a split of 49% petrol and 47.5% diesel which pretty much reverses the situation of about a year ago.
The UK comes 10th in the diesel usage chart with Ireland top of the list. Italy leads the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) chart with the UK hardly using any at all.
Norway leads the way when it comes to Electric Vehicles (EV) and Hybrids at 39.2% in combined usage.
The change in Norway over the last 3 years has been amazing, leaving most other countries behind. A series of tax breaks has made electric vehicles cheaper to buy.
EV users also have access to cheap electricity for charging, free parking and road tolls and free use of bus lanes.
Whilst the UK has been fairly bold in announcing that there will be no petrol or diesel cars sold after 2040 we are badly lagging behind other countries when it comes to EV and hybrid sales.
They really need to follow Norway’s lead if they are to mean what they say and offer enough incentives to make buying an EV, in the words of Jason Lloyd, ‘a no brainer’. By Graham Hill
