Tag: Petrol

Volkswagen electric car sales plunge as Europe returns to petrol

Volkswagen’s EV sales have also come under pressure from an influx of new China-made electric cars Sales of Volkswagen electric cars have plunged by almost a quarter in Europe as demand for battery-powered vehicles stalls and buyers return to petrol. Electric vehicle (EV) sales fell by 24pc in the first three months of the year […]

Putin seeks emergency petrol as Russia runs on fumes

An oil worker at the Russkoye oil field in the Yamalo-Nenets region of East Siberia, 2016 – Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Russia has reportedly asked Kazakhstan to supply it with petrol as Ukrainian attacks on its refineries force it to import gasoline. Kazakhstan has been asked to set up a reserve of 100,000 tonnes of gasoline, equivalent […]

Petrol Bomb Attacks Sparked by Socks Row Pressure Anwar

(Bloomberg) — Attacks on a Malaysian convenience store chain over an insult to Islam have the potential to rock Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s fragile coalition in the Muslim-majority nation. Most Read from Bloomberg Three KK Super Mart stores were hit with molotov cocktail explosives after calls for boycotting the chain over the sale of socks […]

Putin bans petrol exports as Russia runs on fumes

Cars stuck in traffic in front of a theatre building decorated with the letter Z in Moscow The Kremlin has announced a six-month ban on petrol exports after Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries left Vladimir Putin’s regime scrambling to meet domestic demand. The ban, which comes into force on March 1, was confirmed by a […]