Overview

• AAA reports Michigan’s average at $3.17 per gallon, up 12 cents from last week and down 9 cents from a month ago and 21 cents from a year earlier.
• In Metro Detroit, the average is $3.19 per gallon, up 2 cents week over week, while GasBuddy places the Detroit city average at $3.15 after a 1.8-cent uptick.
• GasBuddy says the U.S. average rose 2.2 cents last week to $3.14 per gallon.
• GasBuddy attributes the recent bump to retailer price cycling in Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Maryland ahead of the switch to winter-grade fuel.
• GasBuddy projects that the seasonal transition and softer driving demand could pull the national average below $3 per gallon later this autumn.