Drivers are being urged to “shop smarter” for fuel as prices spike from the end of the federal government’s fuel excise cut.

Petrol is nudging $2 across Sydney and motorists are bracing for a further hit with the last of the government's fuel excise cuts to go.

The price of unleaded and diesel will climb in the next week as the government's fuel excise cut officially ends. But experts say prices won't go as high as they did due to…