Overview
- Germany shifted on January 1 to auctioning national CO₂ certificates within a 55–65 euros per tonne corridor, lifting pump prices.
- ADAC data show average prices rose day to day by about 3.4 cents per liter for Super E10 and 4 cents for diesel on January 1.
- Traffic chief Gerhard Hillebrand called CO₂ pricing a suitable tool for climate goals and argued e‑mobility needs cheaper charging and relatively higher fuel costs to create incentives.
- Posts of resignation letters spread on social platforms, and the club says net exits currently total a mid‑four‑digit number, while larger figures circulating online remain unverified.
- ADAC says it does not back blanket fuel hikes and supports CO₂ price signals only alongside cheaper charging, expanded infrastructure, and social compensation such as the higher commuter allowance.