A
filling station is a facility that sells
fuel and engine
lubricants for
motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s are
gasoline (
gasoline or
gas in the U.S. and Canada, generally
petrol elsewhere) and
diesel fuel. A filling station that sells only electric energy is also known as a
charging station, while a typical filling station can also be known as a
fuelling station,
garage (South Africa and United Kingdom),
gasbar (Canada),
gas station (United States and Canada),
petrol pump or
petrol bunk (India),
petrol garage,
petrol station (Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and United Kingdom),
service station (Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom),
a services (United Kingdom), or
servo (Australia).