White House Opens First $3.47 Freedom Fuel Station Near Philadelphia as 25 Sites Remain Unclear
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Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 7
White House Opens First $3.47 Freedom Fuel Station Near Philadelphia as 25 Sites Remain Unclear
3 articles · Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 7
Summary
$3.47-a-gallon gasoline went on sale Tuesday at the first White House-announced Freedom Fuel station in Upper Dublin Township, undercutting nearby stations charging $3.79 to $3.85 and Philadelphia’s $3.95 average.
25 locations appear on the Freedom Fuel website across the Philadelphia region and South Jersey, but the White House would not confirm all are open and gave no details on the company behind them.
The administration said Freedom Fuel is a private company, not a government program, and has received no federal funding or discounted fuel purchases, leaving its pricing model unexplained.
Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy said selling at $3.47 is not sustainably profitable, suggesting someone must absorb losses even as many listed stations match entries in GasBuddy’s database under different names.
Gas prices have eased from May peaks after the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, but Philadelphia drivers still face prices nearly 20% above a year ago.