U.S. average diesel prices cleared $6 a gallon for the first time on GasBuddy and AAA measures, an update from the prior AAA record near $5.90 as transport fuel costs outran Friday’s crude fade. GasBuddy said the national average surpassed $6 on Thursday, the first time on that tracker, according to Reuters via BNN Bloomberg citing Patrick De Haan.
AAA’s Friday stamp put the national average at about $6.06, or $6.0556 a gallon, roughly 63% above a year earlier, per CNBC. The Thursday GasBuddy first-cross and the Friday AAA reading are two separate stamps from two trackers, not a single undated $6.06 GasBuddy print.
California diesel near $7.98 a gallon on CNBC, and near $8 on Bloomberg summaries, underscores the regional squeeze. Crude’s Friday pullback is contrast only: pump diesel remains elevated even as oil fades from overnight highs. Haulage and freight costs stay the story at the $6 threshold.
Sources: CNBC Spencer Kimball (AAA about $6.06 / $6.0556; CA $7.98); Reuters via BNN Bloomberg (GasBuddy first $6 Thursday); Bloomberg (AAA $6.0556; CA near $8).
