Media releases

A quarter of Western Australian motorists will struggle to re-fuel their vehicles if petrol prices remain at a record highs of $2 a litre and above.

An RAC survey has revealed overconfidence among the State’s youngest drivers, with an alarming number admitting to speeding and using their phone behind the wheel.

The RAC Electric Highway® has been expanded north, with an electric vehicle charger installed at RAC Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort to allow guests to plug-in and recharge their EV during their stay.

Perth motorists could be paying about $670 extra for petrol a year, with fuel prices set to hit an historic high of 199.9 cents a litre tomorrow.

Pop-up community spaces and activations, colourful street art and a ‘pocket park’ are among twelve projects sharing in $1 million of funding, under the latest round of RAC’s Reconnect WA initiative.

As WA prepares for the hottest month of the year, RAC is urging parents and guardians to keep their keys on them, with 2021 data revealing call outs to kids and pets locked in cars increased by almost 20 per cent compared to the previous year.

RAC is urging shoppers to keep calm in the carpark this festive season, as new data reveals last Christmas Eve was the worst day for carpark prangs on record.

Holidaymakers are being urged to take extra care on our roads, with Western Australia recording its highest number of regional road deaths in three years just as the Christmas holidays begin.

Fuel margins have increased by 25 per cent in Perth’s new fortnightly fuel cycle, according to new analysis by RAC.

According to a recent RAC survey, our members think they spend about $4,679 a year on getting around, but a new report by the AAA estimates it’s more than $20,000 each year.