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Hyundai Sonata Hybrid

Name: Hyundai Sonata Hybrid EPA fuel economy and running cost
Creator: Carvico
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

2011–2026 · Hybrid

This is a hybrid, not a plug-in: there is nothing to charge and one fuel economy figure, 47 MPG combined. The question worth answering is not what it returns but whether it returns enough more than the plain version of the same car to justify what the hybrid costs.

47 mpg Combined ~~EPA rated~~

44 mpg City

51 mpg Highway

$1,300 EPA annual fuel ~~at 15,000 mi~~

Your cost per mile

Every version, 2026

Version	Combined	City	Highway	Fuel	EPA annual
2.0L 4cyl · FWD · Auto AM-S6	51	47	56	Regular	$1,200
2.0L 4cyl · FWD · Auto AM-S6	47	44	51	Regular	$1,300

2 configurations, 47–51 MPG.

Every model year

Year	Combined	City	Highway	Sonata
2011	36	34	39	27
2012	36	34	39	27
2013	37	35	38	27
2014	37	35	38	27
2015	37	35	38	31
2016	40	38	41	31
2017	42	39	45	31
2018	41	39	44	31
2019	41	39	44	31
2020	47	45	51	32
2021	47	45	51	32
2022	47	45	51	32
2023	47	45	51	32
2024	47	44	51	29
2025	47	44	51	32
2026	47	44	51	32

Straight from the EPA certification database, one row per model year, showing the best-rated version of each. Trims with identical figures are collapsed.

What owners report

Year	Owners	Average reported	Spread
2011	24	32.6	23–45
2012	24	34.5	27–45
2013	12	36.6	27–45
2014	2	38.3	35–42
2015	8	34.7	29–41
2016	3	43.6	43–44
2017	2	41.4	37–47
2019	1	42.6	43–43
2021	2	49.3	46–53

78 owners filed these through the EPA's own My MPG tool. That is a sample, not an average — read them as anecdotes. They are here because they are the only owner-reported figures in public federal data.

There is a Hyundai Sonata as well — the same car with a different powertrain, and the figures for both are on each page.

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How this is worked out

Cost per mile is the gasoline price over the combined MPG, at the fuel price and mileage you enter. The comparison uses the best-rated trim of the non-hybrid version of the same car in the same year — comparing against its worst trim would flatter the hybrid.

Every figure comes from the U.S. EPA's public fuel economy data. We add no estimates of our own; a missing number shows as a dash rather than a guess.

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Federal data has at most a handful of owners per car and nothing at all on servicing. If you own one, send what you actually get. It goes on this page with the sample size next to it.

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