Mobilitätskosten: Sprit teurer als zu Beginn des Tankrabatts

A few days after the start of the fuel rebate, petrol prices have leveled off a bit above the starting point. On average across Germany on Sundays, a liter of Super E10 cost 2.137 euros according to the ADAC, which was 2.3 cents more than on Thursday. For diesel, it was 2.253 euros per liter - 0.9 cents more. "This partially erodes the initial relief effect within a few days," a spokesperson for the Verkehrsclub explained.

"While the energy tax reduction did lead to a significant drop in fuel prices, the relief is already melting away again." The reason for the recent price rise remains unclear for super E10, as oil prices and the euro-dollar exchange rate have hardly changed. "From a consumer perspective, this renewed price increase is hard to understand."

Prices above 2 euros were also seen in the usual daily low directly before the noon break. While E10 was briefly under two euros at many filling stations shortly after the tax cut started, there was nothing of the sort on Monday morning. For Berlin, Hamburg, or Stuttgart, no such offers were found on the ADAC app shortly before noon.

In Leipzig or Cologne, isolated prices below 2 euros could be found, but in Munich, which had been particularly favorable up to now, over a third of filling stations offered E10 for less than 2 euros at least temporarily. The Thursday morning was also the cheapest in the nationwide average. The distribution of the tax cut is difficult to assess due to several reasons.

Oil prices fluctuate due to various influencing factors, and they had already started to drop a few days before the rebate began. Depending on whether Sunday's prices were compared with the average daily rates of September 30th, 29th, or 28th, they were between 10.5 and 13.9 cents lower for E10. For diesel, the decrease was between 13.7 and 17.2 cents.

Previous fuel rebates had also sparked this discussion. The industry association en2x had always stressed before and after the current rebate that the discount would be fully passed on, but consumer advocates and economists had come to opposing conclusions.