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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T09:29:36.000Z",
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    "Electrifying.com",
    "Petrol and diesel drivers get 'financially hit from every angle' as Labour fails to ease cost pressures",
    "Ford unveils major update on revolutionary £22,000 electric vehicle launching next year",
    "DVLA car tax services with Post Office removes 'administrative burden' for motorists",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nExperts have warned manufacturers that they could fall behind rival brands if they were to divest from electric cars and expand production of diesel.\n\nVauxhall owner Stellantis has quietly reintegrated diesel vehicles into its European lineup, including vans, the Peugeot 308 and the DS N°4.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe majority of manufacturers have turned away from investing as heavily in petrol and diesel vehicles as zero emission vehicles become more popular.\n\nLabour has confirmed that it will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030, while only electric cars will be on the market from 2035.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nStellantis, which also owns the likes of Alfa Romeo, Citroen, Fiat, and Peugeot, said it was reintegrating diesel into its lineup in response to consumer trends.\n\nIn 2025, just under 104,000 new diesel cars were registered, representing a 15.6 per cent drop compared to the year prior. Only 5.1 per cent of new cars were diesel.\n\nIn comparison, 473,348 new electric cars were registered over the last 12 months, representing 23.4 per cent of the total market share, in addition to a 23.9 per cent rise year-on-year.\n\nGinny Buckley, the chief executive of Electrifying.com, the electric car buying and advice site, said brands should invest in electric cars to match market trends.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe told GB News: \"Whichever way you look at it, diesel's on the way down and electric's on the way up.\n\n\"Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen are in danger of missing the boat twice if they don't invest in making the efficient, practical, affordable EVs that their rivals already have on sale.\"\n\nA recent report warned that diesel would disappear from forecourts within years as drivers made the switch to cleaner internal combustion vehicles and zero emission cars.\n\nBy the end of the decade, there will be just over five million diesel vehicles on the road, while forecasts show numbers could plummet in the years after.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Petrol and diesel drivers get 'financially hit from every angle' as Labour fails to ease cost pressures\n  * Ford unveils major update on revolutionary £22,000 electric vehicle launching next year\n  * DVLA car tax services with Post Office removes 'administrative burden' for motorists\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe research, from New AutoMotive, highlighted that some forecourts in London have already stopped selling diesel, while other petrol stations are being redeveloped into electric vehicle charging hubs.\n\nThe report also noted that interest in diesel is waning, with Scotland expected to be the first country in the UK to leave the fuel behind.\n\nNick Bailey, founder of BatteryIQ, said uptake of electric vehicles would increase in the coming years as the technology improves and gets safer.\n\nHe noted that improvements with cell chemistry, thermal management and battery management systems \"have materially reduced risk while improving performance\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe trend of electric vehicles becoming more popular is happening around the world, while Mr Bailey stated that diesel was in \"structural decline\".\n\nHe told GB News: \"When brands struggle to compete in electric, it is easier to question demand than fix the product. But the data is clear.\n\n\"Strategy built on noise rather than evidence rarely ends well. The market is moving decisively toward battery EVs.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Diesel is 'on the way down' as car market 'moves decisively towards electric vehicles'"
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