Gas Prices

Consumer Reports has looked at the potential costs of raising mpg requirements just 1.5 percent a year, or freezing them.

Gas prices are creeping up again in California, and might potentially give some new life to lagging hybrid and plug-in hybrid sales.

Consumer Reports has found that states are overcharging drivers of electric cars, for an amount that has little impact on road maintenance.

We crossed the country in a 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid to see how efficient the family hauler is, away from charge points.

As Ford prepares the first of several fully electric vehicles, for what amounts to a rapidly expanding niche, the automaker is also working on rolling out electrified versions of its existing mainstream lineup. After finding plenty of success many years ago with its Ford Escape Hybrid, and then...

Several other factors influence how much people drive, including seasonality, economic growth, demographics, congestion, and how many young drivers are getting their licenses.

The federal gas tax, which was supposed to pay for repairs and expansion to roads maintained or funded by the national government, now does nothing of the kind. Congress last raised the U.S. federal gas tax a quarter of a century ago in 1993, to the 18.5-cents-per-gallon level it remains at today...

It's an unusual thing, to say the least, when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce publicly suggests a major tax increase. In general, the pro-business lobbying group advocates for tax cuts, reducing or eliminating regulations, and free-market policies that allow companies to operate however they choose...

Electric cars still cost significantly more to buy than gasoline-powered vehicles of the same size and capabilities. But cars that plug in are almost always cheaper to run per mile, often by a significant multiple. A study released Thursday has quantified those differences, comparing the...

As Americans collectively sigh at their credit-card bills from the holiday season, GasBuddy has some bad news that won't help ease the financial pain. The fuel price-tracking website predicts the cost of a gallon of fuel will rise by $0.19 per gallon in 2018, on average, to the highest level gas...

Continuing low gas prices are often blamed for the current popularity of crossover utilities and SUVs, along with any sales struggles green cars may experience. But would a sudden increase in gas prices cause shoppers to flock to more fuel-efficient vehicles? If so, how high would gas prices have...

The U.S. and China published the results of a reciprocal peer review on their fossil-fuel subsidies.

A pipeline rupture in Alabama is causing gasoline shortages.

U.S. drivers logged a record number of miles in the first half of this year.

Kuwait is cutting fuel subsidies to compensate for lost oil revenue.

Gasoline prices, which fell below $2 a gallon in many parts of the United States over the winter, have been slowly rising again. And given the supply-and-demand equations in the global oil industry, that means that demand has risen as supplies have stayed steady or fallen. So even though Saudi...

Carmakers are on track to meet the CAFE standard of 54.5 mpg, a CFA study says.

Small cars are coming off leases in droves, but consumers don't want them.

Analysts debate the impact of electric cars on the oil industry.

Oil prices won't increase much over the next decade, one oil trader predicts.