diesel
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The government said it was investing £7.5bn to support a transition to electric vehicles, with plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
U.S. refiners that churn out heating oil, diesel, gasoline and other products have been running plants near capacity, but can’t make up the gap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The chart below shows how the average price of gas has climbed to around $4.50 per gallon, while diesel has jumped to $6.50 per gallon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The funding will be spread across 66 programmes over six months, and directed at housing, diesel generation and waste removal, among other needs.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He takes off his yellow shirt, stained and smelling of diesel smoke.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Replacing the 200,000 buses with another round of health-hazardous diesels would cost between $60 billion to $80 billion; after accounting for rollout costs, full electric replacement would cost about 2.5 times as much.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
He added that even after that, petrol and diesels cars would still be able to be sold second hand, saying a similar approach is being taken in countries such as Germany, France and Spain.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the restrictions would have affected more than 600,000 vehicles, including about 140,000 Euro 5 diesels as well as other older more polluting vehicles, including petrol ones.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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