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    Petrol prices to rise on holidays and school run in plan to charge extra at busy times

    Motorists will be forced to pay more for petrol on bank holidays and while doing the school run, under a secret pricing revolution being drawn up by supermarkets.

    Artificial intelligence capable of charging drivers extra at busy times has arrived in the UK for the first time, and is expected to result in the biggest shake-up of fuel prices in nearly half a century.

    The Daily Telegraph can reveal that major British supermarkets are in late-stage talks with Denmark-based a2i Systems, the firm which sells the computer algorithm, and could install it within months.

    More DOOM at the source: Petrol prices to rise on holidays and school run in plan to charge extra at busy times

    #2
    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Petrol prices to rise on holidays and school run in plan to charge extra at busy times

    Motorists will be forced to pay more for petrol on bank holidays and while doing the school run, under a secret pricing revolution being drawn up by supermarkets.

    Artificial intelligence capable of charging drivers extra at busy times has arrived in the UK for the first time, and is expected to result in the biggest shake-up of fuel prices in nearly half a century.

    The Daily Telegraph can reveal that major British supermarkets are in late-stage talks with Denmark-based a2i Systems, the firm which sells the computer algorithm, and could install it within months.

    More DOOM at the source: Petrol prices to rise on holidays and school run in plan to charge extra at busy times
    Price differentiation is a decent strategy to exploit weak negotiating positions. The EU will be adopting this approach with the UK in 2018.

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      #3
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      Petrol prices to rise on holidays and school run in plan to charge extra at busy times

      Motorists will be forced to pay more for petrol on bank holidays and while doing the school run, under a secret pricing revolution being drawn up by supermarkets.

      Artificial intelligence capable of charging drivers extra at busy times has arrived in the UK for the first time, and is expected to result in the biggest shake-up of fuel prices in nearly half a century.

      The Daily Telegraph can reveal that major British supermarkets are in late-stage talks with Denmark-based a2i Systems, the firm which sells the computer algorithm, and could install it within months.

      More DOOM at the source: Petrol prices to rise on holidays and school run in plan to charge extra at busy times
      Not a good time to buy a car that does 12 mpg then.
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #4
        Originally posted by Paddy View Post
        Not a good time to buy a car that does 12 mpg then.
        Yep, but a great time to get a car that does 15-18 mpg!

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          #5
          Must be only me that is noticing petrol stations already inflate prices at Bank Holiday times
          How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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            #6
            Originally posted by Troll View Post
            Must be only me that is noticing petrol stations already inflate prices at Bank Holiday times
            They inflate them at school holiday times where I am.

            For example next week is half term so by Wednesday prices will have gone up.
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              #7
              I worked with a company (in Manchester) that specialised in recommending the price to charge for fuel based on local competition and other factors...

              That was back in 2003 so nowt to see here...
              merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                #8
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                Yep, but a great time to get a car that does 15-18 mpg!
                If you drive it like a granny.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
                  Price differentiation is a decent strategy to exploit weak negotiating positions. The EU will be adopting this approach with the UK in 2018.
                  The battle of the algorithms begins. And ends up with Skynet.
                  Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                    The battle of the algorithms begins. And ends up with Skynet.
                    UK Skynet will be run off Amstrad hardware.

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