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Price drop
UK fuel prices fell for the fifth straight month in March with another penny coming off petrol and 4p off diesel, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch.
By the end of the month, a litre of unleaded was 146.5p (down from 147.56p) a price last seen at the end of January 2022, while diesel was reduced to 162.94p (down from 167.06p) its cheapest price since early March last year.
This means the price of petrol has fallen nearly 20p from 166p at the start of November, saving drivers almost £11 every time they fill up a 55litre family car (£91.3 in November 2022 to £80.57 March 31, 2023).
Diesel, however, has dropped 27.5p from 190.5p, saving drivers £15 a tank (£104.77 to £89.62).
While the diesel pump price reduction appears dramatic, the RAC believes it should have been far greater as its wholesale price was very similar to petrol for most of March.
In fact, diesel became cheaper than petrol on the wholesale market on March 23 and has stayed that way since.
With space tourism becoming increasingly likely, it is time to address the mobility needs of extraterrestrial exploration and Opel is once again pioneering this new era.
The Rüsselsheim based brand has just released advanced information and images of its new space mobility concept: the Opel Corsa Moon II.
The brand with the Blitz will be the first mobility provider to start to offer tourism on the moon as of mid decade, once again sticking to its credo of making innovations accessible to everyone.
Consequently, Opel’s lunar vehicle is based on the German brand’s bestselling batteryelectric Corsae. The Corsa Moon II is equipped with space age technologies to offer the optimum balance between ride comfort, reliability and moon driving performance.
SPACE TOURISM: Opel is pioneering this new era.
Based on the extensive knowledge gathered with the 1997 Corsa Moon concept car, the Opel R&D team identified solar energy as one of the best options for powering a lunar vehicle.
Built in solar cells effi ciently will power the 500kWh battery of the Corsa Moon II in a sustainable way.
The Corsa Moon II can cover up to 7,000 km in the ULTP (Universe wide harmonised Lightduty vehicles Test Procedure) cycle on a single charge of the battery.
