{"id":434175,"date":"2026-09-12T20:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434175\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T20:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:36:26","slug":"diesel-hits-record-high-in-austin-as-prices-surge-nationwide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434175\/","title":{"rendered":"Diesel hits record high in Austin as prices surge nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Diesel prices climbed to another all-time high<\/a> this morning, pushing up the cost of filling up for drivers and raising concerns about broader impacts on consumer prices.<\/p>\n

According to AAA, the average price of diesel in Austin is now about $5.63 a gallon. Statewide, the average is $5.67, and nationally diesel has pushed above $6 a gallon.<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Austin diesel hits record $5.51 as AUS enters peak Labor Day travel day<\/a><\/p>\n

AAA data shows how quickly prices have risen. A year ago, diesel in Austin averaged about $3.24 a gallon. One month ago, it was $4.91. <\/p>\n

The jump is translating into significantly higher fill-up costs. A typical short-bed Ford F-250 can hold about 34 gallons. At today\u2019s price, filling it from empty would cost about $190. A year ago, that same fill-up would have cost about $110: roughly $80 more for one tank today.<\/p>\n

Truckers say the higher costs are hitting especially hard. \u201cOne fill up was over $1,000… If you\u2019re an owner-operator, that\u2019s affecting what you\u2019re paying yourself. Like, that\u2019s directly affecting your bottom dollar,\u201d said Daniel Wood, an Arizona truck driver.<\/p>\n

Experts say those costs don\u2019t necessarily stop with the driver. Diesel is used to move everything from groceries to packages, so higher transportation costs can eventually show up in what consumers pay. The national diesel price is up more than $2 from this time last year.<\/p>\n

Experts say part of what drivers see at the pump is tied to how stations compete on price, while global supply problems are also pushing wholesale fuel costs higher. Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy said stations may cut prices by small amounts to undercut competitors, but that can reverse quickly. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven if their cost doesn\u2019t go down, they lower prices a couple of cents every day to have the lower price. When their competition matches that lower price, they go even lower. Unfortunately, at some point, stations start to sell at their cost. That\u2019s when prices suddenly hike back up again,\u201d De Haan said.<\/p>\n

Fighting involving the U.S. and Iran has disrupted global fuel flows, and crude oil prices have climbed above $100 a barrel again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Diesel prices climbed to another all-time high this morning, pushing up the cost of filling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-434175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}