Cheapest cars to run
Fuel is the running cost you pay every week, and it is the one that separates two cars wearing the same badge by four figures a year. This ranks cars on what the EPA says a year of driving costs — gasoline, electricity or both — the only figure that lets a gas car, a hybrid, a plug-in and an EV stand in the same table. Ask it of everything at once and the table answers before you have read it: electricity is cheap enough per mile that this list is electric the whole way down. The cuts by fuel underneath ask it inside one.
| # | Car | Type | Efficiency | EPA annual fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tesla Model Y |
Electric | 4.0 mi/kWh | $550 |
| 2 |  Lexus ES Electric |
Electric | 3.7 mi/kWh | $600 |
| 3 |  Lucid Air |
Electric | 3.8 mi/kWh | $600 |
| 4 |  Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class Electric |
Electric | 3.7 mi/kWh | $600 |
| 5 |  Subaru Uncharted |
Electric | 3.9 mi/kWh | $600 |
| 6 |  Tesla Model S |
Electric | 3.7 mi/kWh | $600 |
| 7 |  Toyota bZ |
Electric | 3.9 mi/kWh | $600 |
| 8 |  Audi Q4 e-tron |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 9 |  BMW i5 |
Electric | 3.5 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 10 |  Chevrolet BOLT |
Electric | 3.5 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 11 |  Fiat 500e |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 12 |  Hyundai Ioniq 6 |
Electric | 3.6 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 13 |  Hyundai Kona Electric |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 14 |  Lexus RZ |
Electric | 3.6 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 15 | Subaru Solterra |
Electric | 3.5 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 16 |  Tesla Model 3 |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 17 |  Toyota C-HR Electric |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 18 |  Volkswagen ID.4 |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 19 |  Volvo EX30 |
Electric | 3.4 mi/kWh | $650 |
| 20 |  Audi A6 e-tron |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 21 |  BMW i4 |
Electric | 3.2 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 22 |  Cadillac OPTIQ |
Electric | 3.1 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 23 |  Chevrolet Equinox Electric |
Electric | 3.2 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 24 |  Genesis GV60 |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 25 |  Hyundai Ioniq 5 |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 26 |  Kia Niro Electric |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 27 |  Lucid Gravity |
Electric | 3.2 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 28 |  Mercedes-Benz EQB |
Electric | 3.2 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 29 |  Nissan LEAF |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 30 | Subaru Trailseeker |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 31 |  Tesla Model X |
Electric | 3.1 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 32 | Toyota bZ4X |
Electric | 3.3 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 33 |  Volvo EC40 |
Electric | 3.2 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 34 | Volvo EX40 |
Electric | 3.2 mi/kWh | $700 |
| 35 |  Audi Q6 e-tron |
Electric | 3.1 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 36 | Audi S6 e-tron |
Electric | 3.1 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 37 |  BMW iX3 |
Electric | 3.0 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 38 |  Chevrolet Blazer Electric |
Electric | 3.1 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 39 |  Ford Mustang Mach-E |
Electric | 3.0 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 40 |  Honda Prologue |
Electric | 2.9 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 41 |  Mercedes-Benz EQS |
Electric | 2.9 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 42 |  Polestar 2 |
Electric | 3.0 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 43 |  Rivian R2 |
Electric | 2.9 mi/kWh | $750 |
| 44 | Audi SQ6 e-tron |
Electric | 2.7 mi/kWh | $800 |
| 45 |  BMW iX |
Electric | 2.8 mi/kWh | $800 |
| 46 |  Genesis G80 Electric |
Electric | 2.9 mi/kWh | $800 |
| 47 |  Genesis GV70 Electric |
Electric | 2.9 mi/kWh | $800 |
| 48 |  Jeep Wagoneer Electric |
Electric | 2.8 mi/kWh | $800 |
| 49 |  MINI Countryman Electric |
Electric | 2.9 mi/kWh | $800 |
| 50 |  Nissan ARIYA |
Electric | 2.8 mi/kWh | $800 |
One row per nameplate, showing its best-rated version — a nameplate sold in six configurations would otherwise take six rows and push everything else off the page. Annual fuel is the EPA's own figure at 15,000 miles and its reference fuel prices; every model page recalculates it from your mileage and your prices. Where these come from.
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