Fuel Prices
How Trump's Mexico tariffs could increase fuel prices in the U.S.
Mexico sends 600,000 to 700,000 barrels of oil to the U.S. every day.
NYT reveals Big Oil's secret effort to roll back car emissions regulations
From Congress to Facebook ads, Marathon Petroleum used every trick.
Labor Day weekend fuel prices lowest since 2004
Fuel prices are climbing, but our Labor Day fuel prices are lower than they've been in over a decade and are 27 cents lower than this time last year.
Saudi Arabia looks beyond oil, easy profits
A new plan called Vision 2030 includes selling a portion of the state-owned oil company Aramco.
Oil prices headed up or down? Experts divided
Oil industry analysts can't decide how crude prices might change by the end of the year. With a huge inventory already in the stockpile, global demand is going to determine the price.
Fullsize SUV transaction prices up 9% and small car sales slow, 'Murica!
The transaction prices for fullsize SUVs were up in April, while small cars have been sitting for months on dealership lots.
US gas prices not going to change any time soon
Mid-year US gas prices will be the lowest for summer since 2009, Energy Department says
US drivers cover 3 trillion miles in 2014, almost half of drivers are 50+ years old
The US government says drivers traveled 3.02 trillion miles last year, the second-highest tally since it started keeping track in 1939, behind only 2007. Drivers' ages are also setting records, with 44.1 percent of US drivers over the age of 50.
US fuel economy average down for the first time in four years
It's almost impossible not to notice that it's a lot cheaper to fill up at the gas station in the latter portion of this year. As of December 1, the US Energy Information Administration said the average cost of a gallon of gas was $2.778, down almost 50 cents from a year ago. In general, fuel prices have been on the decline for much of 2014, and the effects have started showing themselves with people seemingly more willing to buy lower effici
Cheap Gas Prices To Persist Into 2015, Feds Say
In a dramatic shift from previous forecasts, the Energy Department predicted Wednesday that the average price of gasoline in the U.S. will be $2.94 a gallon in 2015. That is a 44-cent drop from an outlook issued just a month ago.
OPEC quietly telling oil market to get comfy with lower prices
If you haven't noticed, it has been a little cheaper to fill up at the gas station for the last few weeks. According to the US Energy Information Administration, the current national average cost for a gallon of gasoline is $3.299. That's down about a nickel from the previous week and around seven cents lower than this time last year. It doesn't look like this is just a temporary blip either because there's a strong possibility that Saudi Ara
Gas Price Average Drops To Lowest Level For 2014
AAA's predictions of cheap gas for the coming fall season are already being realized. The cheapest average price for the whole year was beat Wednesday, as the average cost of a gallon of unleaded hit $3.27, beating February's price of $3.29.
US gas prices to fall over next two years
US gas prices are expected to fall over the next couple of years as fuel consumption levels off, indicating that vehicle fuel-economy gains may have positive long-term effect on everyone's wallets.
Energy outlook looks bad for biofuels, fuel prices and electric vehicles
When the US Energy Information Administration released its annual energy outlook pre-release earlier this month, biofuels industry publication Biofuels Digest was hit with six press releases from the biofuels community in the space of two hours. The final version of the EIA's energy outlook through 2040 won't come out until the spring, but the 16-page
Italians buy more bikes than cars for the first time since WWII
In the midst of economic turmoil in Europe, more Italians are turning to bikes as their preferred mode of transportation. Such is the bicycle's popularity in Italy that purchases of the pedal-powered two wheelers have eclipsed automobile sales for the first time since World War II.
Why gas stations in NJ, PA are selling $8/gallon gas in protest
Over 50 gas stations across New Jersey and Pennsylvania have raised the price of their fuel to more than eight dollars a gallon. They are all Lukoil stations, and their owners have raised prices in protest of practices by Lukoil North America that they say leave individual gas station owners at a competitive disadvantage.
You think gas prices are bad here, Italians are paying $9.50/gal
Drivers in certain parts of Italy are currently shelling out a staggering $9.50 per gallon of gasoline, according to Bloomberg. The hefty fuel prices are largely the result of the European debt crisis. Italy has hiked fuel taxes in an attempt to get a handle on the country's public debt, which has the dubious honor of being the fourth-highest in the entire world. Of course, the jump in fuel costs has only hurt consumer spending in the cou
You think gas prices are bad here, Italians are paying $9.50/gal
Drivers in certain parts of Italy are currently shelling out a staggering $9.50 per gallon of gasoline, according to Bloomberg. The hefty fuel prices are largely the result of the European debt crisis. Italy has hiked fuel taxes in an attempt to get a handle on the country's public debt, which has the dubious honor of being the fourth-highest in the entire world. Of course, the jump in fuel costs has only hurt consumer spending in the cou