00:00Since the start of the Iran war, higher fuel prices have cost the EU an estimated 53 billion euros,
00:07according to a new report of Environmental Group Transport and Environment.
00:11Most of that extra cost, 40 billion euros, came from diesel.
00:15TNE estimates that higher road fuel prices have added an average of 270 million euros a day to transport costs,
00:23including 203 million euros a day for diesel.
00:26The remaining is attributable to petrol.
00:28Europe is the most reliant major economy on diesel, TNE says.
00:33Nearly 4 in 10 passengers' cars on EU roads ran on diesel in 2024.
00:38For drivers, the increase is substantial.
00:41TNE estimates that the average EU diesel car driver paid about 142 euros more over the period it studied than
00:49in the comparable period last year.
00:51By the 14th of September, filling a 50-liter diesel tank cost about 30 euros more than before the war,
00:57it says.
00:58Businesses face higher bills too.
01:00An average German long-haul diesel truck incurred about 6,000 euros in extra fuel costs over the period, equivalent
01:06to 236 euros a week.
01:09To get consumption, TNE recommends to work from home where possible, lower motorway speed limits and invest in public transport.
01:16In the longer term, the group argues that electric vehicles would reduce Europe's exposure to oil price shocks.
01:22It estimates that nearly 8 million electric cars in the EU avoided the use of about 46 million barrels of
01:28oil in 2025.
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