Filling up a car has never cost more on average across the European Union, according to European Commission data going back more than two decades. At the latest average prices, it costs about €103 to fill a 50-litre tank with petrol and €108 with diesel.
Retail fuel prices have surged since the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, adding to inflationary pressures. Eurozone energy inflation rose to 14.3% in August, up from 10.3% in July, according to the European Central Bank.
