Brake less, never fully fill tank and more money-saving fuel tips as petrol and diesel costs soar

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Motoring experts have revealed a number of money-saving tips that can help you save on fuel as petrol and diesel costs continue to soar.

With the cost of living going up, people across the UK are facing ever-increasing energy, fuel and food prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also seen big hikes to petrol and gas prices. READ MORE: Highway Code rule changes mean drivers could risk £200 fines at drive-thrus and in traffic jams Richard Williams, Head of Transport Policy at the Consumer Council, said that the cost of international crude oil has increased by almost doubled in the last year. "That increase was taking place steadily but as the world economies were coming out of Covid, demand was increasing,” Mr Williams told Belfast Live. “But with the situation in Ukraine over the last week and the huge uncertainty, that's caused uncertainty on the international markets about the supply chains remaining intact.

All of this has meant prices have really shot up in crude oil. "It probably hasn't quite worked its way through to the pumps yet even though we're seeing these increases.

The analytics are suggesting this is not going away quickly and it's probably not peaked yet." With that in mind, there are six ways in which drivers can make petrol last longer in order to save a few pennies, Birmingham Live reports.