The average price of diesel nationwide decreased to under $4 per gallon, dropping by 3.8 cents to $3.996, according to recent data from the Energy Information Administration released on April 1.
Key Points:
- After an increase of 3 cents over the past two weeks, the average price of diesel had risen to $4.034 per gallon.
- On average, trucking’s primary fuel now costs 10.9 cents less compared to the same period in 2023.
- Diesel prices decreased across all 10 regions surveyed by the EIA, with the largest drop of 5.2 cents in the Lower Atlantic and the smallest decrease of 1.5 cents on the West Coast.
- Gasoline prices also saw a slight decrease of six-tenths of a cent, settling at $3.517 per gallon, which is 2 cents higher compared to this time last year.
