https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/04/08/gas-prices-are-a-blip-on-the-road-to-everyone-having-an-electric-car-expert-says/

Ask nearly anyone who drives a gasoline-powered vehicle, and they’ll grumble about the sky-high prices at the pump.

Driven largely by world oil prices, gasoline in the United States and other countries has spiked in recent months. It may be little consolation for people paying $80 or more now for a fill-up, but with vehicles getting higher mileage than in decades past, cars are traveling farther today on a tank, lowering the cost-per-mile-traveled. Still, the economic hardship for many people is real. And the issue is likely to factor into November elections.