Gas & Auto RSS FeedAlamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, and National accused of colluding to increase rental car prices
The Daily Transcript: The Universtiy of San Diego Law's Center for Public Interest Law has filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against a number of major rental car companies along with the California Travel and Tourism Commission for colluding to increase rental car prices. Read more
Gas prices surge to record high, but at $3.40 a gallon, the hikes are not justified
Today gas prices surged another 8¢ since Monday morning, even though the wholesale price of fuel is dropping like a box of rocks.
Gas prices break records again. Highest price ever for November in San Diego history
UCAN's not-for-profit Cheap Gas Locator service is reporting significant jumps at the pump. In the last week gas prices have shot up another 10¢ to a new average of $3.357 a gallon. While this price is still 15¢ away from the all-time record high, this is the highest price for any November in San Diego history. Learn More.
Gas prices spike 14¢ in one week
Today, UCAN's gasoline survey showed a massive price spike of 14¢ in seven days. Full Story.
18 years after Valdez, and ExxonMobil is still playing by the Golden Rule
After 17 years, you would think that Exxon/Mobil, the world's largest, and most profitable, oil company, would pay its considerable debt to Alaskan fishermen for the 1993 Valdez disaster. It hasn't, it isn't and it probably won't ...
Nowhere to go but up: Gas now averages $3.036 a gallon
Nowhere to go but up: Gas prices broke the $3 a gallon barrier Thursday as oil hits all-time record high 
Gasoline remains stubbornly below $3
This week Oil is at record highs. Four California refineries were out of commission on Wednesday. The LA spot market for gasoline has spiked 15¢ a gallon in 48 hours, yet gas prices have barely moved. Full Story.
Gas prices poised to break $3 barrier soon
At $2.98 a gallon, gas prices are about to surge past psychological price barrier of $3 a gallon.
Same analysts that predicted oil would never reach $80 a barrel now say gas won't go over $3/gallon nationally ....yeah, right
San Diego Union-Tribune: Despite the price of gas rising $0.13 in San Diego over the past two weeks, analysts are predicting the price of gas will not go over $3/gallon nationally. Let's all just hope as hard as we can, then watch as our wishes come true. Read more.
Gas reward credit cards from American Express, Visa, MasterCard, etc. don't pay-off
Los Angeles Times: Credit card giants and gas sellers like Shell and Exxon Mobile are offering rewards on gas purchases, but it doesn't always lead to the best deal. Michael Shames says, "Those gas stations that take credit cards usually have higher prices, so it can be a wash...It's still a better deal to use cash and buy at independent" gas stations. Read more.
Could high oil prices mean $4 a gallon gas?
Fox 6 News: Paying more at the pump? According to UCAN, the cost of the oil in a gallon of gasoline right now could be used to justify retail prices of nearly $4 a gallon. Read More.
Gas prices surge in major move this week after reaching record lows.
San Diego gas prices have surged almost ten cents in the last week. If there really is a "Law of Supply and Demand," somebody ought to be arrested for breaking it! Read more.
Gas price redlining in San Diego
San Diego Union Tribune:
For years UCAN has fought the oil industry's practice of gasoline price redlining. Today's Union Tribune used UCAN's Gas Project data to document shocking disparities in the price of gasoline in different San Diego regions. Read more.
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