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A silver SUV parked near a rocky outcrop and a red sedan on a pavement on a clear day.

Business

Fed up with new-car markups, driver buys 3 older cars for less than $20,000

A Toyota Camry hybrid.

Tech

After 23 carless days in California, a hybrid made gas prices almost irrelevant

A speed limit sign and a digital warning to slow down.

Tech

US drivers could save 2.4 billion gallons a year by obeying speed limits, study finds

A gas pump displaying prices for Regular at $3.49, Extra at $3.89, and Supreme at $4.249 per gallon.

Business

Average US gas prices could top $4 after renewed tensions with Iran send oil surging 12%

Business

Subaru recalls 541,237 SUVs after wrong weight label could lead to overloading, crashes

A gas station sign displays fuel prices: Regular $4.95, Plus $5.15, V-Power $5.35, and Diesel #2 $5.09.

Business

US drivers face gas-price whiplash as experts warn of a $500 annual hit

A fuel pump displaying prices for Regular, Plus, and Premium gasoline options.

Business

US drivers ditch premium as record 90-cent gap pushes regular gas sales up 10%

A row of new cars.

Business

California's cheap cars are vanishing as new prices near $50,000 and loans stretch longer

A red Mini Cooper navigates through a busy gas station with numerous vehicles waiting in line.

Business

U.S. drivers face the second-priciest Fourth at the pump as a record 72.2 million travel

An Arco gas station sign displays fuel prices starting at under $4 per gallon.

Business

Gas dips below $4 a gallon for the first time this travel season as summer road trips begin

A fuel pump display showing a price of $56.15 and a volume of 10.906 gallons.

Business

Gas shock from Iran war sends US inflation to 3-year high, leaves wages falling behind

A busy gas station with several cars waiting in line under sunny weather.

Business

Woman hears gas could go up 'tomorrow,' then pulls into a Sam's Club line packed with cars