How long until we see €2 a litre and will it push more to EV's faster?

Problem is that it's 500 MILLION +++ people panicking all over Europe and Indian sub continent.

Diesel demand is 70% higher than forecast and a huge amount is refined in Russia and they are charging handsomely for it.

Every country in Europe has seen giant diesel price increases this week and it is primarily down to panic buying.

Diesel has hit the 8 PLN mark here in Warsaw, that's about 1.50 euro. I've seen a couple in a jeep with about 3/4 Jerry cans filling up. Mind boggles to be honest.

To put that price into context, the average net salary here is about 1000 euro per month so a full tank would cost the average worker here about 9-10% of your salary.

My fuel light has just come on and I'm dreading the fill and I'm above the average.

Filled diesel in Certa today for 182.9

They do seem to be the most reasonable around.

I topped up today at €1.959 , only got about 13L (brimmed)

I didn't need it. But it's not like there are Q's down the block.

Am I part of the problem of panic buying.. maybe. But I'm going to fill my car with 70L of fuel at some point, so why not just top up by 20L every so often.

You can get an ioniq 5 executive plus for 41k. And you'd have it within a week. That's a car that's winning every award going. I got mine less than a week after ordering with exact colour and interior trim that I wanted. I then changed my mind and went for bigger battery. They sent back the first one I ordered and got me the bigger battery 3 days later. No extra cost. Getting over 390km for full battery in cold weather. Will make a huge saving on the €250 a month I had been spending on diesel, before the huge jump in prices. Can charge at home every night on Energias EV tariff of 6.95c/kwh. I think that would work out at about €1.20 per 100km worth of a charge. That's exactly the commute it will do. I'd say it will cost about €300-350 for the daily commute for the year. The daily commute would now cost over €3,000 based on current diesel prices, which are still going up. Imagine the savings over 10 years and then factor in how much more it costs to maintain a diesel engine compared to an EV and all the costly jobs that have to be done that EV's don't require. People thinking 35-40k for an EV is expensive should do out the long term figures of the total cost of a diesel car and an EV and they might be surprised. Even with a big increase on electricity prices, it still makes more sense than diesel and once your commute isn't halfway across the country every day of the week then there's no need for range anxiety.

We have a diesel car too that does a few km's a day and can be used for the very odd occasion where we might need to do a trip that stopping to charge would be too much of a nuisance.

Anyway, the point I'm making is that you don't have to go for an expensive Tesla, you can have a highly rated Ioniq 5 for a good deal less than the €50k you mentioned, and you won't be waiting until next year.

£2stg reached today on some UK motorway sites.

That's up 24p in a week.

UK average heading over £1.80.

Seems southern Ireland is now one of the cheapest places in Europe for petrol and diesel.

Germany, was usually on par with Irish prices, usually a little less.

€2.299 for petrol.

€2.329 for diesel.

As bad as it is, we're not doing too bad.

How much are the monthly repayments on a 41k car?

The point I'm making is that for those who were able to afford to buy a diesel car for about 30k, the jump to 41k isn't as crazy as you might first think. When you factor in the fuel savings and savings on maintenance on the car it's a good investment.

I'm definitely seeing the light anyway

Seems that “range anxiety” is no longer just a thing for EV drivers…

The source of the anxiety for ICE drivers that I was alluding to is not the prospect of running out of fuel. It’s the cost.

You call a breakdown service and they charge your car enough to get to a nearby charge point.