The RAC has warned that people who fill their cars up with diesel could be paying far more at the pumps than they should. Diesel is being sold for around 17p a litre more on average than petrol at forecourts across the UK - despite wholesale prices for both fuels being virtually identical.
According to RAC Fuel Watch, the average price of a litre of petrol is 146.63p while diesel is priced at 164.26p typically. However, both fuels are selling for around 114.5p on the wholesale market, the RAC said.
RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams described the fuel price disparity as "absolutely shocking" and warned of a big change in fuel retailing that has seen some independent forecourts charging far less than their supermarket rivals. READ MORE: Martin Lewis urges everyone to check their council tax band immediately as you could be owed thousands Mr Williams said: “At the beginning of March, wholesale diesel was only 6p more expensive than petrol yet there was a 20p-a-litre gap between both fuels on the forecourt.
Now the two fuels are identical on the wholesale market, and there’s still more than 17p difference at the pump.” He added that supermarket prices are traditionally around 4p cheaper than the UK average, meaning customers should have been seeing prices under 150p weeks ago.
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