My commute to work is 25 miles to one direction so car is pretty much only choice. Luckily i can work around 50% remotely.
But this has always been the case in Finland gas and diesel are expensive. We prefer cars that don't use much fuel if possible. My van can go 30-35 mpg. Not great but pretty good for a van.
We have two cars and drive around 35000km per year total so yeah it gets expensive.