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r/dataisbeautiful · u/Radium1 Ağu 2026 14:58

[OC] Cost per mile to drive in the US (inflation-adjusted): Gasoline vs EV · 1993–2026

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u/Radium11 Ağu 2026 14:58
Source / Methodology

Data:

Gasoline: EIA weekly U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices (FRED GASALLW)

Electricity: BLS Average Price of Electricity per kWh, U.S. City Average (FRED APU000072610)

Inflation: CPI-U All Items (FRED CPIAUCSL), adjusted to June 2026 dollars

Assumptions:

Gasoline vehicle: 25 mpg

EV: 3.5 miles per kWh

Tools: Python (pandas + matplotlib)

Full data (nominal + real): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1il_yOO6sCCoIYf8-foZQqcC7d2Y8p6wo/edit?usp=drive_link
- u/locketine11 Ağu 2026 15:46
  You should add a source for fast chargers because a lot of people use them and they're 3-5x the cost of the electricity they provide.
u/vollehosen11 Ağu 2026 15:01
But but... something something BATTERY!!!1
u/EmergencySubject436811 Ağu 2026 15:02
Imagine the uproar from MAGA if Biden was responsible for the latest increase
- u/Lurkerking201511 Ağu 2026 15:07
  Jesus can we have one interesting post without someone dragging politics into it. No matter when we look over this entire chart it's cheaper nationally to use an ev. It's not like it crossed over recently
  - u/foonek11 Ağu 2026 15:16
  - u/gcsmith211 Ağu 2026 15:221 yanıt
- u/thatguy42511 Ağu 2026 15:07
  Imagine coming to Reddit, reading a post and then writing a comment that wasnt political?
u/RelayFX11 Ağu 2026 15:04
Fuel cost per mile, you mean. This chart would look different if other driving costs were accounted for.
- u/virtual_human11 Ağu 2026 15:09
  Yeah, cars cost way more than that to operate.
  - u/GaTechThomas11 Ağu 2026 15:171 yanıt
- u/realnanoboy11 Ağu 2026 15:14
  It would be more extreme. EVs have much lower maintenance costs.
  - u/RelayFX11 Ağu 2026 15:151 yanıt
  - u/ArchitectNumber711 Ağu 2026 15:163 yanıt
  - u/regaphysics11 Ağu 2026 15:173 yanıt
  - u/jules08311 Ağu 2026 15:34
  - u/RageAgainstJeggings11 Ağu 2026 15:39
- u/carsrule198911 Ağu 2026 15:20
  It would add about 0.06$ for EV and 0.10 for ice making the gap even bigger https://www.energy.gov/cmei/vehicles/articles/fotw-1190-june-14-2021-battery-electric-vehicles-have-lower-scheduled
  - u/RelayFX11 Ağu 2026 15:212 yanıt
- u/SomeClutchName11 Ağu 2026 15:22
  Argonne published a report a few years ago comparing EV vs gas car costs over the lifetime of the vehicle. IIRC, EVs were super expensive because of the battery and financing while gas cars had more maintenance. Hybrid cars were the cheapest long term.
- u/timelessblur11 Ağu 2026 15:29
  Yeah it only makes electric look cheaper.
- u/dstanton11 Ağu 2026 15:31
  Yea. Just oil changes add like $0.015/mi, which is equivalent to HALF the electricity cost just to drive a basic EV (bolt, model 3, etc) That's @$50 per oil change on 3500mi interval.
  - u/SSLByron11 Ağu 2026 15:381 yanıt
u/HelloWorld2457511 Ağu 2026 15:05
What if we adjust for efficiency gains as we go instead of fixed costs? Is that data even available?
u/notathr0waway111 Ağu 2026 15:05
The economic numbers don't lie. But there is another piece to it which is not as easily quantifiable which is convenience and logistics.
- u/Radium11 Ağu 2026 15:08
  True, it doesn't get any more convenient than waking up with the same amount you had when you woke up the day before.
  - u/mooredge11 Ağu 2026 15:111 yanıt
  - u/Chrisg6991111 Ağu 2026 15:11
- u/Quantumnight11 Ağu 2026 15:09
  True! Taking a few seconds to plug in your car every few days is so much more convenient than making a stop at a gas station for a few minutes.
  - u/hyper_snake11 Ağu 2026 15:11
  - u/bicyclechief11 Ağu 2026 15:133 yanıt
- u/timelessblur11 Ağu 2026 15:49
  Some truth there but I will say as an EV owner who can and does charge most of the time at home, the convenience and even logistics facotor for 95% of the time the ev is easier than my ICE powered car. The most complex thing I have to deal with is having to move some of my kids bikes to get the cord to the car. No more of the 10-15 min of spare time planning to fill up the car. Road trips yeah logistics and convenience flips but it not nearly as bad as everyone try’s to make it out to be. Plus those are a lot fewer where I am breaking 250 mile road trip from home that often.
u/UrbanPlannerholic11 Ağu 2026 15:06
So glad I don’t drive a car. It’s a shame Trump is saying mass transit and walking are DEI now.
- u/Son_Of_Toucan_Sam11 Ağu 2026 15:16
  I wfh and am happy to only need to put gas in my car about once every six weeks. In the last year I drove 3800 miles, so now I’m also down to one annual oil change
u/mildlycuri0us11 Ağu 2026 15:10
Very cool to see! Wouldn't mind seeing 2.5 and 4.5 miles per kwh bands showing best and worst cases scenarios with current EVs as well.
- u/Radium11 Ağu 2026 15:18
  Good idea, here you go! That is interesting to see. Looks like even the best hybrid is quite a bit more expensive per mile to drive. https://preview.redd.it/ncnr9x0x5sgh1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=9cf2d5b8908e8bce2c764eee148c3a51a508d346
  - u/mildlycuri0us11 Ağu 2026 15:21
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  - u/sjmuller11 Ağu 2026 15:42
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u/antiprodukt11 Ağu 2026 15:11
Where I live, electricity costs about 55c per kWh.
- u/BigPickleKAM11 Ağu 2026 15:26
  Ouff. Where I live we pay 10c per kWh in USD. When I crunched the numbers that equated to $0.87/gallon to fuel an electric vehicle for my use case. So quick math makes that $4.79 per gallon for where you live. Since where I live gas costs $5.38/gallon my savings are huge. Yours would not be.
u/sabby122511 Ağu 2026 15:12
Has electricity costs really been that stable? Especially as of late?
- u/timelessblur11 Ağu 2026 15:45
  I went back and look at numbers over random contracts I have had over the years in spot checks. In inflation adjusted, pretty constant.
u/Judge-Weak11 Ağu 2026 15:14
In the business, we use cost per mile. But CPM is computed by taking all the vehicle costs and breaking them out by mile. So purchase price, insurance maintenance, fuel, electricity, and the big one; depreciation. While I drive and EV, there are very few cases where we see an EV with a lower CPM than an ICE vehicle. We're getting closer with rising fuel prices and lower maintenance, but EV's are still getting crushed in depreciation and that's really where they underperform via CPM.
- u/trowlazer11 Ağu 2026 15:20
  Does depreciation matter if you’re never planning on selling?
- u/TheGacAttack11 Ağu 2026 15:25
  
  In the business, we use cost per mile. But CPM is computed by taking all the vehicle costs and breaking them out by mile. So purchase price, insurance maintenance, fuel, electricity, and the big one; depreciation.
  
  You're double-counting capital costs by including both the purchase price and depreciation.
  
  Depreciation is (simply) purchase price minus resale value. If you add full purchase price plus depreciation, you're counting the vehicle's initial cost twice.
  
  Standard Cost Per Mile (CPM) uses Depreciation + Operating Costs (fuel/electricity, maintenance, insurance, fees) all divided by total miles.
- u/xdavidwattsx11 Ağu 2026 15:32
  Depreciation matters in the short term but how does the CPM hold over time (e.g. 5 years, 7 years)? Over a long enough duration depreciation is mostly irrelevant.
u/Crichris11 Ağu 2026 15:15
So the electricity price is highly correlated with the price level with some seasonality, is what I'm getting from this graph since the efficiency (energy used per mile) is constant.
u/Boostedbird2311 Ağu 2026 15:16
The problem with this "study" is that is completely leaves out the largest factors that affect cost per mile. All cars cost way more per mile than these numbers. Need to rerun factoring all common costs: 1) purchase price 2) borrowing costs 3) maintenance costs 4) insurance costs 5) registration costs 6) repair costs All of these should be available for fleet averages that you can add to your chart.
u/KnotSoSalty11 Ağu 2026 15:16
I assume $/mile is based on the national average? Meanwhile California has double the national average $/kwh. Yes fuel is more expensive as well, but on average only 30%
u/baronvonhawkeye11 Ağu 2026 15:18
3.5 mi/kWh is lower speed, urban driving. Even if you dropped to 2.5 mi/kWh (highway driving) its still cheaper.
u/darks1d3_al11 Ağu 2026 15:20
Tesla supercharger is $0.46 now so around $0.15 per mile
u/PrimeNumbersby211 Ağu 2026 15:23
When you own a PHEV like I do, you get to directly compare your 2 modes on the same car. When I'm running EV mode, it's like paying $1.75 for a gallon of gas. That's how I explain it to people. The Hybrid part of my car gets 42 mpg and a full charge is 42 miles. So it comes down to what it costs to charge a battery from empty (usable 0%) to full. That's 11.5 kWh, all in (measured at charger). $0.15/kWh. Gets my answer.
- u/YourSchoolCounselor11 Ağu 2026 15:32
  I did the same calculations when I bought my PHEV. 17¢/kWh for electricity so filling up at home is equivalent to getting gas for $1.86/gallon.
- u/unWarlizard11 Ağu 2026 15:44
  Honda Clarity? Great car if so.
u/timelessblur11 Ağu 2026 15:28
The crazy part to me is the electric car cost per mile has been fairly constant in real dollars. Gas prices all over the place but always more expensive. That and I think people forget how fing expensive gas was in 2008. I remember paying $5 a gallon in 2008 in Texas as one point. Breaking 50 to fill up my 13 gallon tank was a regular thing. Also when you get an electric car you become really detached from gas prices and will find out how much of our daily lives we track that as I now go weeks with out noticing it.
u/Exitbuddy111 Ağu 2026 15:35
I don’t know where yall are getting these ranges. I guess if it’s straight city. I get about 1.6-1.7 on the highway. The EV only became about the same cost as gas when gas hit about $4. Otherwise the EV was way more!! 280 miles of range was costing me around $54 at the stations. Compare that with a gas vehicle only getting 20 miles a gallon… that’s 14 gallons of gas. At $3 a gallon that’s $42, which gas was usually around $2.50 a year or so ago, so even worse.
u/sundae_diner11 Ağu 2026 15:38
What price is that electricity? If I charge an EV at home at night [cheapest] I get a different cost than if I do it (at home [middle cost]) during the day, and a different cost if i use a public charger [most expensive].
u/briantl211 Ağu 2026 15:39
the price of oil being a huge contributor to how inflation is defined makes this a little less helpful than most folks would think.
u/fubar8x11 Ağu 2026 15:40
Lololololol what JO made this
- u/DanoPinyon11 Ağu 2026 15:52
  Show eveyone, lolo, specifically what is lol worthy. Be specific.
u/Island_In_The_Sky11 Ağu 2026 15:50
Who even gets 25mpg? All I see are trucks and suvs on the road these days
u/PlumpyDragon11 Ağu 2026 15:51
I was doing some debate lately on if I should buy an EV or a hybrid (\~42 mpg). I generally keep my car for 15+ years (current car is 21 years old). My local gas price is around $3.5 and electricity $0.13. The EV would have lower operational cost and less parts to maintain, but I do my own maintenance anyway and oil change costs me about $30. My biggest worry is 10 years down the road if the EV battery breaks out of warranty, the cost of replacing that would probably total the car, unless non-dealer battery replacement network becomes established. While the hybrid battery replacement already has a non dealer network and cost should be reasonable.