Sentences with phrase «surge in gasoline prices»

The surge in gasoline prices over the past decade has made automobiles a less popular mode of transportation, with many now favoring the public transportation provided in cities.

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Gasoline prices surged 9.1 % M / M in February, accounting for nearly three - fourths of the gain.

The ensuing shutdown of the Shell Pernis facility resulted in a price surge in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel across northwestern Europe.

Retail gasoline prices dropped to low levels in the first quarter of 2016, when crude oil prices were bottoming, and that created a surge in demand that was not repeated in 2017.

Gasoline prices surged to a two - year high at the pump Thursday after the owner of the largest pipeline in the U.S. reported that shipments are being sharply curtailed, spreading the economic pain from Hurricane Harvey throughout the nation.

Unless there's a huge surge in the price of gasoline, past $ 3.50 a gallon, the SUV is likely to outsell the passenger car.

DETROIT — Ford Motor plans to revive the Ford Bronco sport - utility vehicle and Ford Ranger mid-size pickup truck in a strategic bet on a surge of American nostalgia, hefty vehicles and low gasoline prices.

But then came the crash of 2008, the rightward shift of federal Conservative leadership and, in the U.S., the Tea Partiers, surging gasoline prices and ongoing fears of economic collapse.

Automakers have aggressively lobbied Trump to take a new look at the standards that they say need adjustments in light of surging light - truck sales, low gasoline prices and tepid demand for plug - in vehicles.