Fuel terms glossary
Plain-English definitions of every fuel type, agency, and term you see in Refuelr.
Fuel types
- U91 — Standard unleaded, 91 octane. Suits most older cars.
- U95 — Premium unleaded, 95 octane. Required for some imports and performance cars.
- U98 — High-performance unleaded, 98 octane. Required for some sports cars; optional in others.
- E10 — 91-octane blend with 10% ethanol. Cheaper but ~3% lower economy. Check your manual.
- Diesel — For diesel engines only. Different pump nozzle.
- Premium Diesel — Higher cetane diesel marketed for performance. Refuelr tracks separately.
- LPG — Liquefied petroleum gas. Sold at fewer stations.
- EV — Electric vehicle charging, priced per kWh or per minute.
Agencies and feeds
- ACCC — Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Investigates fuel pricing.
- FuelWatch — WA government price feed. 24-hour rule applies.
- FuelCheck — NSW government price feed. Real-time.
- Service Victoria — VIC price feed.
- Informed Sources — Industry data provider used by QLD and SA.
- MyFuelNT — NT government price feed.
Other terms
- Price cycle — Repeating pattern of sharp rises followed by slow declines.
- True per-litre cost — Sticker price + cost of fuel burned getting there.
- Target alert — Notification when fuel hits a price you specify.
- Fuel Lock — 7-Eleven feature locking a price for 7 days.
- Magic link — One-time sign-in link emailed to you. No password needed.
- PWA — Progressive Web App. Install Refuelr to your home screen and it behaves like a native app.
- City baseline / median city price — The middle price across all reported stations in a city for a given fuel on a given day. Used to score savings.