THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
The average national price of regular unleaded continued its move higher with a 3.6-cent increase to $2.779 per gallon for the week ending July 15, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The nation's average gasoline prices have jumped 10 cents to $2.75 per gallon in the past 15 days due to increasing demand and new gas taxes in 13 states, according to AAA.
Gasoline prices have begun to increase heading toward the Fourth of July holiday, as the national price increased 5 cents to $2.71 for the week ending July 1, according to AAA.
The nation's average gasoline price fell 2 cents to $2.66 over the past week with gasoline demand increasing, because crude prices continue to decline, according to AAA.
The national average price of gasoline fell 6 cents to $2.68 on the week in a continued "unusual" trend of falling prices after Memorial Day, according to AAA.
The national average price of gasoline fell 7 cents to $2.74 for the week ending June 10, as nearly every state's average price also fell, according to AAA.
The average national gasoline price is slipping lower following Memorial Day, which has traditionally marked the start of the summer driving season and accompanying increases in fuel prices associated with it.
National and state gasoline prices continued to decline a week before Memorial Day with a 6-cent decline during the week ending May 20 as crude oil prices have remained stable.
The national average gasoline price fell 3 cents to $2.86 for the week ending May 13, which represents the first significant decline since earlier this year, when a succession of price increases added about 60 cents to the per-gallon price.
A gallon of regular unleaded inched higher for the week that ended on May 6 by increasing 1 cent to $2.89, and fleet drivers in the majority of states saw flat or lower prices at the pump.