Overview
- Germany’s Bundestag approved a package to ease fuel costs that now heads to the Bundesrat.
- EU Commission data show diesel in Germany rose about 56.4 cents per liter since late February and gasoline about 31 cents, placing the country in the EU middle for recent increases.
- Auto Motor und Sport advises drivers to fill up about a week before Easter and in the evening, when pump prices tend to be lower than in the morning.
- Prices are already elevated and could climb further as holiday driving boosts demand and shifts in crude oil and geopolitics filter into forecourt costs.
- ADAC records show 2022 as Germany’s priciest fuel year, and recent Easters have varied, so timing strategies can cut risk but do not guarantee savings.