What with gasoline prices rising unexpectedly lately, drivers are more likely than usual to consider a vehicle powered by cheaper energy sources. Sensing an opportunity, Honda is now offering the equivalent of three years’ free …
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So Much for Cheaper Gas: Pump Prices Go Haywire in California
Amid an especially screwy year for gas prices—expectations of $3 per gallon one day, followed by acceptance that 2012 will be the priciest year ever for gas soon after—drivers all around the country have good reason to …
Next Item on Agenda to Freak Out About: Milk Prices Could Double
Your may still be trying to calm down after news spread of a looming “unavoidable bacon shortage” (which isn’t really going to happen). But don’t get too comfortable. Now we’re supposed to panic about the possibility of milk …
Highest Ever Prices at Pump for September: When’s the Gas-Price Plunge Coming?
Gas prices rarely rise after Labor Day. But they did this year, hitting a national average of $3.88 recently. That’s the highest ever average price for a gallon of regular in September, as GasBuddy noted. What’s more, in many …
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Despite Recent Spike, Gas Prices Are Supposed to Drop Again Soon
It wasn’t supposed to play out this way. After gas prices plunged in spring, the forecasts called for a continued drop in prices at the pump, with sub-$3 gas around the country likely by Thanksgiving. Thanks mainly to spiking gas …
Midwest’s Wacky Gas Prices: Up 14¢ Per Gallon One Day, Down 25¢ on Another
The national average for a gallon of regular shot up 14¢ last week. Normally, a sharp increase like that is associated with strife in the Middle East or a natural disaster causing a major slowdown in production. Instead, the …
Don’t Expect Gas Prices to Keep Getting Cheaper
The declining gas price party appears to be over. After soaring through early 2012, gas prices dipped in roller coaster fashion during spring and early summer, plummeting by 50¢ per gallon within a few months in much of the …
Honda’s New Electric Car Comes with a Nifty Perk: Free Insurance
The Honda Fit EV gets the equivalent of 118 mpg, a rating that leads all electric cars widely available to the public. Drivers who lease an electrified version of the award-winning Fit may be even more intrigued with another …
Gas Prices Under $3.50 Nationally—and Under $4 Even in California
Through early 2012, the consensus had it that gas prices would soar through summer, easily hitting $4 or higher around the country. Just the opposite trend has taken hold in the spring and early summer. This week, the national …
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It’s Not Your Imagination: Rent Prices Really Have Been Rising
Thanks to cheap home prices and mortgage rates at historic lows, it’s easy to argue that now is the ideal time to buy a home. But many would-be buyers are worried the market hasn’t yet reached bottom, and years of plunging home …