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As New Zealanders hit the roads this summer, a couple of young tech entrepreneurs hope their new app will help keep tabs on the cost of that trip. Roadtrip has been developed by university graduates Emory Fierlinger and Ben Robertson. Enter your start point, destination and licence plate number and the app caculates the petrol cost, and an option for splitting the bill. In time the developers want to add regional pricing to guide drivers to the best deals. The cost of petrol has gone up dramatically in the last 18 months -from just over a $1.80 per litre of 91 Octane in April last year to $2.30 by mid October this year. In some place a litre of 91 has been as much as $2.50. Kathryn speaks with Emory Fierlinger and Ben Robertson.
