AAA reports that the price at which half of consumers believe gas prices are too high has increased 50 cents over the last four years to $3.00 per gallon from $2.50 in 2016. This year’s result is up from $2.70 in 2018 and $2.80 in 2017. “For consumers today, paying more to fill-up their gas […]
AAA Forecasts Record Number of Road Trips During Memorial Day Holiday
Holiday road trips up 3.5 percent to 37.6 million people. Despite a rising national gas price average that is inching closer to the $3 per gallon mark, the vast majority of holiday travelers will drive to their destinations this holiday weekend according to AAA. For these motorists, INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, expects travel […]
U.S. Gas Prices Set New High for the Year
National gas price average at $2.88, up 20 cents vs. month ago and 63 cents on beginning of the year. One week after the U.S. State Department announced the end of waivers for countries to import oil from Iran, increasing crude oil prices and pump prices show no signs of slowing down. With a four-cent […]
National Average Gas Price Jumps 10 Cents as Spring Refiner Maintenance Hits Supply
Prices above both month ago and year ago levels. Pump prices on the West Coast increased as much as 20 cents this past week, driving the national average up nearly 10 cents to $2.83 on the week. As stocks tighten out West due to unplanned and planned maintenance, California’s average jumped to $4.00, the most […]
Gas Price Below Year Ago Levels
National average is 29 cents below last year but is even with last week. The national gas price average yesterday may have held flat on the week at $2.25, but just a three cent drop would bring the U.S. average to the lowest since December 2016. However, as crude oil prices continue to climb it […]
Gasoline Demand Hits Lowest Level in Nearly Two Years
The latest U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data registers gasoline demand at 8.6 million barrels per day for the week ending December 28 – the lowest level on record since February 2017. Despite record motor vehicle travel for the holiday, demand was down nearly 900,000 bbl, suggesting that demand this winter could be lower than […]
AAA Predicts Record One-in-Three Americans Will Travel this Holiday Season
More than 102 million people will take a holiday road trip. Gas prices at lowest levels in December since 2016. AAA forecasts that more than one-third of Americans will travel this holiday season. The record-breaking 112.5 million travelers taking to the nation’s runways, roads and rails for the year-end holidays represents a 4.4 percent increase […]
National Gas Price Average is Cheaper Than Year Ago for First Time in 18 Months
According to yesterday’s AAA Fuel Gauge Report, motorists in 32 states are paying less to fill up compared to a year ago. As the national gas price average drops to $2.46 it sets a new low price for the year and is cheaper than a year ago by two cents. The last time the daily […]
Thanksgiving Travelers Will See Gas Prices Down Since Last Week
Motorists can add cheaper gas prices to their list of things for which to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. Monday’s national gas price average is $2.62, which is seven-cents less than a week ago and the largest one-week decline in pump price this year. In fact, the large drop brings the year-over-year differential in […]
AAA Research Shows 4 In 10 People Misjudge Driving Systems’ Ability Based On System Name
A new survey from AAA finds that 40 percent of Americans expect partially automated driving systems, with names like Autopilot, ProPILOT or Pilot Assist, to have the ability to drive the car by itself, indicating a gap between consumer understanding of these technologies and reality. AAA also tested these systems and found that they are […]