Overview
- The ADAC reported on Wednesday that the nationwide daily average for Super E10 reached about €2.21–2.22 per liter, a nominal record that also coincided with unusually high diesel prices in many places.
- Markets reacted to renewed US–Iran hostilities with higher crude, while supply stresses at refineries, Russian diesel export limits and low Rhine water narrowed product availability and amplified price moves.
- The industry group en2x says year-on-year world‑market product prices rose far more than crude — roughly 30% for oil, about 50% for gasoline and more than 90% for diesel — which it links to tighter product markets since the Middle East escalation.
- The ADAC says crude alone does not explain the full scale of the pump‑price jump and has called for greater transparency in margins; the SPD parliamentary group has circulated a draft to expand cartel tools, consider breaking up dominant firms and explore price limits.
- Consumers face higher transport and household costs, can still save small amounts by timing refuels before the noon price rise, and should note that the current record is nominal only since inflation‑adjusted prices were higher in some earlier years.