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More Singapore drivers plan to return to petrol cars as EV interest dips: EY study
Respondents cite lingering anxieties over charging infrastructure and hidden costs As many as 32 per cent of Singapore respondents in an…
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Business
EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
The European Commission has watered down its plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035. Current rules state that new…
Culture
As EVs dominate, why are Esso petrol stations being acquired and what will the future look like?
The purchase of petrol stations – a ‘sunset’ industry – comes at a time where EV-maker BYD is outselling long-time king Toyota Indonesia’s…
Culture
EVs put an end to China’s usual holiday surge in petrol use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km road trip this month during China’s national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the…
Culture
Indonesia’s Chandra Asri to buy ExxonMobil’s Singapore Esso petrol kiosk chain
Chandra Asri Pacific on Friday (Oct 24) said it would acquire ExxonMobil’s network of Esso-branded retail fuel stations in Singapore. The…
Culture
Indonesia’s Pertamina says fuel retailer Vivo agrees to purchase petrol
Indonesia state energy firm Pertamina said that fuel retailer Vivo Energy Indonesia (Vivo) has agreed to buy 40,000 barrels of petrol, out…
Business
Malawi - where the petrol queue might overshadow the queue to vote
The queue to get fuel rather than the queue to vote is what is on the mind of many Malawians as Tuesday's general election approaches.…
Business
Small reptile found near petrol station
A species of gecko native to the western Mediterranean area of North Africa and Europe has been found in Guernsey. The Guernsey Society…
Culture
Glencore JV in talks to buy Exxon's 59 Singapore petrol stations worth US$1 billion
The sale would allow the American oil major to deploy more capital in areas of higher growth potential — Aster Chemicals and Energy, a…
Culture
After petrol, China’s oil refiners face a jet fuel glut
China’s oil refiners are grappling with an oversupply of jet fuel, in yet another blow to the bottom line of a sector already dealing with…
Fashion
ExxonMobil considering sale of Singapore petrol stations for US$1 billion: sources
THE largest bloc of petrol stations in Singapore may soon hit the market. US energy major ExxonMobil – which is believed to have 59 petrol…
Fashion
China’s EV boom threatens to push petrol demand off a cliff
From Tesla chargers in the ancient alleys that surround the Forbidden City in Beijing to lonely highway rest stops with charging posts in…
Business
Study shows electric and petrol car prices narrowing in Germany
A man plugs an ID.5 GTX into the charging station. The price gap between electric cars and comparable combustion engine models in Germany…
Business
Nigeria turns to natural gas as transport prices soar after petrol subsidies were removed
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — When Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu ended the costly subsidies that made petrol affordable for many in Africa's…