Toyota Prius

2001–2026 · Hybrid

This is a hybrid, not a plug-in: there is nothing to charge and one fuel economy figure, 54 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.

54 mpg Combined ~~EPA rated~~

53 mpg City

54 mpg Highway

$1,150 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 · CVT	57	57	56	Regular	$1,100
2.0L 4cyl · AWD · CVT	54	53	54	Regular	$1,150
2.0L 4cyl · FWD · CVT	52	52	52	Regular	$1,200
2.0L 4cyl · AWD · CVT	49	49	50	Regular	$1,250

4 configurations, 49–57 MPG.

Every model year

Year	Combined	City	Highway
2001	41	42	41
2002	41	42	41
2003	41	42	41
2004	46	48	45
2005	46	48	45
2006	46	48	45
2007	46	48	45
2008	46	48	45
2009	46	48	45
2010	50	51	48
2011	48	49	46
2012	48	49	46
2013	48	49	46
2014	48	49	46
2015	48	50	46
2016	52	54	50
2017	52	54	50
2018	52	54	50
2019	52	54	50
2020	52	54	50
2021	49	51	47
2022	52	54	50
2023	57	57	56
2024	57	57	56
2025	54	53	54
2026	54	53	54

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
2001	24	44.8	36–50
2002	28	44.4	36–58
2003	25	45.9	36–59
2004	93	47.1	34–67
2005	208	47.6	32–65
2006	154	47.5	37–63
2007	191	46.4	34–75
2008	157	45.9	30–62
2009	42	46.9	33–82
2010	202	48.6	30–74
2011	51	47.5	37–62
2012	50	48.9	38–74
2013	38	46.6	33–58
2014	13	46.3	36–52
2015	24	46.5	39–58
2016	20	60.1	51–86
2017	13	55.2	45–64
2018	2	54.2	51–58
2019	4	50.9	39–62
2020	4	51.9	46–60
2021	1	55.3	55–55
2022	2	55.0	54–56
2023	2	47.5	47–48
2024	1	51.5	52–52

1349 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.

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.

Add your numbers

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.