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– Fuel prices are exploding on the highways.
This is the lot of many motorists before hitting the road to go on vacation: fill up to avoid paying the high price on the motorways. While gasoline and diesel are once again sold to very high prices, they explode in motorway service stations. On the occasion of departures for the May 8 and Ascension Bridge, The Parisian established the top 10 most expensive stations on highways. And the two more expensive are located in the Rhône ! The one on the Manissieux area, in Saint-Priest, and its neighbor, on the Saint-Priest area (both BP properties), display a liter of SP95-E10 at 2,404 euros. This is 50 to 60 cents more than in large supermarket stations, for example.
In these two Rhône stations, diesel is not much cheaper, at just over 2.32 euros per liter. The British tanker BP monopolizes the first four places in this ranking, and its Anglo-Dutch competitor, Shell, the following six, the latter offering prices ranging from 2,216 to 2,226 euros for the most expensive stations. But, more generally, apart from these stations where the prices are sky-high, refueling on the highway is very expensive for motorists. According to figures noted by BFMTV, the liter of SP95-E10 is priced at 2.06 euros between Paris and Lille, which amounts to filling up 23 liters for 48 euros. It’s 4 euros more than in town.
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However, according to our colleagues, on average, the gap between cities and the highway is much greater: +14 cents for the SP95-E10. And yet, motorists still refuel on the highway: “I prefer to do it on the highway rather than going out, relying on GPS. There, at least, it’s safe.”, explains a motorist on BFMTV. Others, who have nevertheless refueled before, are forced to use the highway box, even if they don’t want to. But they ration themselves: “I put in the minimum, around twenty euros,” concedes a motorist to Parisian. She asks the government to do something, because “people need to go on vacation, not leave their wallets there”.
But why such price differences? Asked by The Parisianthe national president of the fuel distributor branch of the Mobilians union recalls that motorway stations “face higher fees than in other areas”. He cites in particular the obligation to remain open 24 hours a day “with at least one employee on site”. A specific fee must also be paid by motorway stations. But customers, impacted by purchasing power, are still paying more and more attention, since gasoline sales at motorway rest areas have fallen by 11.5%. Another way to save money is to avoid highways. A saving on gasoline and tolls!
