Why petrol is much cheaper in some places

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• Sometimes fuel prices in Switzerland are higher, sometimes lower, which causes confusion.
• Sometimes the petrol stations are only a few kilometers apart and the price difference can be huge.
• What is all this connected to?
• You can find out about the current petrol prices on the TCS petrol price radar.
• According to TCS media spokeswoman Vanessa Flack, the price of petrol in Switzerland does not change every day, but every seven to ten days.

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With the car on the road, we set off in search of the cheapest petrol station in the city of Zurich. We notice that prices vary greatly, even if the petrol stations are only a few kilometers apart.

We also notice that large companies also vary their prices from canton to canton. What do you think this has to do with?

Many questions about the price of petrol

And: Why do petrol prices vary so drastically from filling station to filling station? How many times a day does the price of petrol actually change in Switzerland? How free is a petrol station company to determine the price of petrol?

We answer these questions and more in this video report.