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In early 2020 the gas price has dropped down to a national average of $1.73 a gallon. [14] In 2021, the average price increased to $3.01/gallon. [15] By the end of June 2022, the price of gasoline reached a record high of over $5/gallon with some places reporting $6/gallon. [16]
Tight refining supply has kept the gap wide between wholesale gasoline futures and retail prices, currently at about $1.25 a gallon, far exceeding the average of 88 cents over the past five years.
In November 2021, the White House announced the release of 50 million barrels (7,900,000 m 3) to address high gasoline prices. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] On March 1, 2022, President Biden announced the release of 30 million barrels of oil from the reserve in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine .
State Taxes. The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel. [ 1][ 2] Proceeds from the tax partly support the Highway Trust Fund. The federal tax was last raised on October 1, 1993, and is not indexed to inflation, which increased 111% from Oct. 1993 until Dec. 2023.
The average retail price of gasoline was most recently at $3.40 for a regular gallon, up from roughly $2.11 at this time a year ago. The swift increase - 61% over 12 months - has alarmed consumers.
According to AAA data, gas is cheaper than it's been all year.The national average of gasoline sat at $3.14 per gallon on Tuesday, down from $3.37 a month ago. "We've seen oil prices slide over ...
As expected, lower energy costs held the headline figures to a smaller gain, with energy prices dropping 2.3% month over month and 5.4% on an annual basis. This was dragged down by falling gas ...
The program covered model year 2012 to model year 2016 and ultimately required an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 miles per US gallon (6.63 L/100 km; 42.6 mpg ‑imp) in 2016 (of 39 miles per gallon for cars and 30 mpg for trucks), a jump from the 2009 average for all vehicles of 25 miles per gallon.