Americans who have been cooped up at home over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic will likely pay $3 a gallon for gasoline when they emerge from lockdowns this summer and resume traveling, economists say.
Motorists in the United States have not paid an average of $3 per gallon since 2014.
As of Tuesday, drivers in California, Hawaii, Washington State, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia were paying an average of more than $3 per gallon.
California motorists are paying an eye-popping $3.88 per gallon – the highest rate in the country, according to the American Automobile Association.
