Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons drivers face £130 fee to fill up with petrol or diesel

The AA has warned that fuel prices have skyrocketed at the worst possible time for motorists.
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Petrol and diesel drivers have been warned they face a £130 charge to keep their car on the road in 2025. As the pound reaches a 14-month low against the dollar, the AA has warned that fuel prices have skyrocketed at the worst possible time for motorists.

It means owners filling up their tank will need to pay around £1.50 more for a petrol car or £2.50 for a diesel motor in the UK. And drivers who fill up their car each week would need to pay up to £130 more to run their car, it has been warned.

Fuel Watch, the RAC's petrol and diesel price monitoring initiative, helps ensure retailers charge a fair price at all the UK’s forecourts. it says: "We monitor wholesale prices – those retailers pay – and pump prices daily, covering the UK's big four supermarkets ( Asda, Costco, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons ), plus many other brands.

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"And, when wholesale prices dip, we call on retailers to pass on the savings they are benefiting from to drivers at the pumps." Petrol prices averaged 137.2p per litre at the weekend, having sat as low as 134p in October, with diesel prices at 143.7p, against their low of 138.4p.

“Freezing temperatures and rising pump prices are a bad start to 2025 for drivers,” AA spokesperson Luke Bosdet commented. The rise has coincided with a rebound in oil prices, driven by fresh US sanctions against Russia most recently, which saw benchmark Brent crude top US$80 a barrel on Monday.

“Any weakness in the pound won’t help because oil and fuel commodities are traded in dollars,” Bosdet added, after sterling hit a 14-month low against the dollar on Monday. “We will be watching carefully to see the extent the fuel trade takes advantage of upward costs. What happened heading into winter didn’t fill drivers with confidence.”