Fuel prices are rising despite fuel discounts – ADAC warns of melting relief

A few days after the reintroduction of the “tank discount”, fuel prices are higher than after the start. On a nationwide daily average, a liter of Super E10 cost 2,137 euros on Sunday. That was 2.3 cents more than at the start of the tax cut. For diesel it was 2.253 euros per liter - 0.9 cents more, as the ADAC reports.

Since the beginning of October, a tax discount of 16.7 cents per liter has been in effect for gasoline and diesel. There is no obligation for gas stations to reduce their prices accordingly. Even with the previous "tank discount" in May and June, it was controversial how fully the tax cut was received by consumers.

ADAC: Relief is melting away

The ADAC said that the energy tax cut has now led to a significant drop in fuel prices. However, the relief is already melting away again. There is currently no obvious explanation for the development of Super E10, as the oil price and the euro-dollar exchange rate have changed little. “From a consumer perspective, this renewed price increase is therefore difficult to understand.”