The fuel prices rise and rise.
This is not only a problem for private individuals, but also for driving schools and other companies.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
- “I thought I'd hit me”: Martina Meier is not the only car driver these days who is so stunned when she drives to a gas station.
1.60 euros for a liter of diesel made the manager of the Wolfratshauser driving school "km / h" flinch these days.
The fuel prices currently only know one direction: steeply upwards. Sharply increased crude oil prices are part of this, and on top of that comes the CO2 tax. All motorists suffer from this - and those who have many vehicles on the roads with their businesses are particularly hard hit. But driving schools and companies in the district are largely helpless in the face of the situation. “We have no choice but to swallow the toad,” says Meier. Apart from comparing the prices at different petrol stations, she cannot think of any counter-strategies.
Convert the “km / h” fleet to electric vehicles?
"If you order a car today, you will get it in nine months," says Meier.
In addition: The range of e-cars is not yet sufficient for everyday driving school.
“After driving three learner drivers on the autobahn in the morning, I can't just say: I'll take a two-hour break to recharge.” And last but not least: E-cars have automatic transmissions.
Learner drivers also have to learn to operate a gear shift.
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Martina Meier, managing director of the Wolfrathauser Fahrschule km / h.
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And what about a fuel-efficient driving style? “You do that anyway, it's been part of the standard lesson for years.” But: “You can't get that much out of your driving style to fill the current hole in the till.” If nothing changes, the only last resort is the driver's license price increase.
Garbage disposal, container service, commercial disposal, recycling: the Geretsried company Ehgartner offers all of this. 60 trucks are in constant use. “It's really tough, what we are currently experiencing,” explains one of the three managing directors, Oskar Janka. “We can't push our cars.” The entire fleet runs on diesel, and Janka currently sees no alternative for reasons of reliability. A price of 1.60 euros is enough. "Calculated over the year, the high price of fuel certainly amounts to 300,000 euros."
Little or nothing can be changed about it.
“We just belong to the cat,” he says.
The garbage trucks consume the most diesel, not because they cover particularly long distances, but because of the constant stop-and-go from house to house.
“They need 65 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers,” he says.
Ehgartner cannot rule out price increases either.
“There could come a point where higher fees are necessary,” says Janka.
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The Ehgartner Disposal company has a large fleet.
They all run on diesel because of their reliability.
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Christine Stöckner, for example, offers airport transfers with the company “Autovermietung Lenggries”. If she has to raise prices for this, it is “bad for the people,” she says. “Explain that to the customers.” Small trips around town are also part of their portfolio. "The old people in Lenggries, they don't have a lot of money, you can hardly ask for more," says the entrepreneur. And when it comes to school trips or trips to the sick, there is hardly any leeway anyway. "There are contracts with the health insurance companies and the district office." For now, she sees the only measure to plan the tours even more stringently in order to avoid empty trips as far as possible.
The Tölzer taxi company Much has an electrically operated taxi in its fleet - and it also has its own charging station on the company's premises.
Nevertheless: "With the short range and only three public charging stations in Tölz, the diesel remains the standard in practice," says owner Michael Much.
Therefore, his company has to "bite the bullet" and pay the fuel prices.
The taxi company cannot raise the prices that easily because they are set by the district office.
An increase must first be applied for for all providers in the district.
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The company is facing the additional burden at a time when the taxi industry is gradually returning to normal after the Corona period.
"We had reduced to two cars, now we have ten concessions in Tölz - not quite back at full load yet," says Much.
How much are the increased fuel prices costing him?
"I'd rather not start arithmetic at all."
The rising fuel prices are also becoming more and more of a "burden" for regional traffic in Upper Bavaria (RVO), as branch manager Susann Liebscher explains.
It is part of everyday business that there are fluctuations.
"But not in these dimensions."
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Already because of the climate targets, the drivers are instructed to drive in a climate-friendly and thus fuel-efficient manner. Assistance systems are also built into the buses to help with this. "But we also have a tight schedule and our customers depend on punctuality, which is why it is not always easy to implement," Liebscher told our newspaper. If this continues, customers could feel the price increase too. “At the end of the year there are calculations about our expenses and income. They serve as the basis for our tariff prices. "
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