Examples of petrol in a Sentence
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Cars are changing massively, from petrol to electric to driverless.
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Julia Hobsbawm, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
Even in Norway, which is on track to become the first market to have more EVs on its roads than petrol cars, sales halved in the past year.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 19 Apr. 2024
In the old day Paris taxis were famous the world over for the furious way in which they were driven, but all that is now at thing of the past owing to the tremendous scarcity of petrol, which has all been requisitioned for the Nazi war machine.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
At the entrance to the property, guests posed for photos in front of a petrol blue backdrop formed from three silvery letter Ts.
—Laura May Todd, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Customers can also choose from more than 50 BMW individual special paint finishes, including turban green, petrol mica metallic, anglesey green metallic and sepia metallic.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Her destination was to be Paris, but her flight was disrupted by petrol leak, which forced her to land in Donegal.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2024
Hybrids can be powered by either petrol or electricity, and are often positioned as a transitional technology to encourage skeptics worried about range.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
Such a system weighs half of an equivalent lithium-ion battery and a car can be refuelled with hydrogen at a filling station as fast as with petrol.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
Julia Hobsbawm, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
Even in Norway, which is on track to become the first market to have more EVs on its roads than petrol cars, sales halved in the past year.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 19 Apr. 2024
In the old day Paris taxis were famous the world over for the furious way in which they were driven, but all that is now at thing of the past owing to the tremendous scarcity of petrol, which has all been requisitioned for the Nazi war machine.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
At the entrance to the property, guests posed for photos in front of a petrol blue backdrop formed from three silvery letter Ts.
—Laura May Todd, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Customers can also choose from more than 50 BMW individual special paint finishes, including turban green, petrol mica metallic, anglesey green metallic and sepia metallic.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Her destination was to be Paris, but her flight was disrupted by petrol leak, which forced her to land in Donegal.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2024
Hybrids can be powered by either petrol or electricity, and are often positioned as a transitional technology to encourage skeptics worried about range.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
Such a system weighs half of an equivalent lithium-ion battery and a car can be refuelled with hydrogen at a filling station as fast as with petrol.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Petrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petrol. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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