Fuel pioneers fill up the car while you’re fast asleep

Reda Bennis and Romain Saint Guilhem hope to make petrol stations obsolete
Reda Bennis and Romain Saint Guilhem hope to make petrol stations obsolete

Filling up the car can be a bit of a chore for every motorist. Now a solution is at hand: fuel delivered to your front door.

Britain’s first on-demand fuel service has been launched to fill up cars on the driveway or in the street while owners are asleep.

Drivers in London can make an order via an app and leave the fuel tank cover open to allow vehicles to be filled 24 hours a day. At present the service, Zebra Fuel, offers only diesel although it is hoped that it will soon provide petrol and even recharge electric vehicles.

This week, the company confirmed that it had raised $2.5 million from a series of prominent investors, including Alex Chesterman, the Zoopla founder, in an