Скачать или смотреть Why the difference in Charlotte gas prices may be more pronounced right now

With gas prices remaining high, many drivers are paying extra attention to cost fluctuations at the pump. Some might have noticed wide differences in prices from city to city, even from one side of the street to the other.

In North Carolina, the average cost of a gallon of regular gas was around $3.95 Monday, but fuel-focused tech company GasBuddy was reporting some Charlotte-area stations had gas priced around $0.50 lower.

The EIA writes that a few factors determine price at the pump, including federal, state and local taxes and even the cost of doing business for that particular station. Factors in that cost might be employee salaries, rent, and state and local fees.

While a spread in prices might be normal, De Haan notes that the Ukraine crisis might be making the price differences more pronounced right now, since wilder fluctuations in oil prices mean stations could be buying their supplies at different price points, depending on the day.

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