Treasurer Jim Chalmers has put a new road user tax for EV cars firmly back on the agenda as petrol prices soar.

Drivers of petrol and diesel vehicles pay the government a special fuel excise of 51.6 cents per litre - a tax currently ...

Choosing between petrol, diesel, and electric cars in 2026 depends on usage. EVs are best for daily city driving with low running costs, petrol suits low mileage buyers, and diesel works for long ...

Soaring petrol prices prompted by Donald Trump’s war in Iran have led to record interest in electric vehicles (EVs) in ...

Heartless criminals have started siphoning petrol out of cars parked on the street as the crime wave from the fuel crisis ...

Image Credit: Wolfmann - Own work, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia. In January 2026, Norway recorded a historic moment in automotive history when just seven new petrol-powered cars were registered across the ...

Enquiries about new and second-hand electric cars are setting records as motorists look for ways to avoid the rising price of ...

If you love driving but can’t stomach the thought of paying $200 for a tank of petrol – or not being able to buy fuel at all ...

The vehicles are common in China and Norway, and one company hopes to have a fleet of heavy rigs on Australian highways by ...

Australians slammed by high petrol prices are suddenly in the market for cars that run on electricity, and there has never ...

A video of vehicles queuing at a fuel station in Spain has been falsely presented online as showing people panic-buying ...

Once the symbol of freedom, the petrol car is now on the brink. What’s driving its rapid decline—and what comes next—might ...