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EV charging vs. gasoline

EV vs. Gas Energy Cost Calculator

Yearly charging versus gasoline, using your miles, MPG, a local gas price, and a state electricity average.

Your numbers

Charging versus filling up

Starts from the latest EIA pump and electricity averages for your state. Type your own prices over them. Mileage is the same for both cars.

Gas vehicle

MPG
$/ galLeave blank for the Aug 31, 2026 EIA average for Texas. A station price is better if you have one.

Electric vehicle

kWh / 100 mi
¢ / kWhLeave blank to use the state average

TRIP SETTINGS

miles
Charging losses

Energy lost between the wall and the battery. 12% is typical for home AC charging.

%Loss from the wall to the battery. 12% is a typical starting point.

Estimated annual EV energy savings

$924Driving energy only. Not the car price, insurance, or upkeep
Gasoline per year$1,533428.6 gallons
EV charging per year$6093818.18 wall kWh
Break-even gas price$1.42At your EV efficiency and rate

Electricity: EIA Texas residential average for June 2026. Enter your bill rate for a personal result.

How we got this
  1. Gas vehicle energy428.6 gal × $3.58$1,533
  2. EV wall energy3818.18 kWh × 15.94¢$609
  3. Estimated EV energy savingsYearly driving energy only$924
What we assumed
  • This compares driving energy only. Not the car price, insurance, upkeep, depreciation, taxes, or extra public charging fees.
  • EV efficiency is battery energy. Charging loss is added to estimate what you pull from the wall.
  • A state residential average is not your utility rate. Type your own if you have it.
Technical details

Method vehicle-energy-v1.1.0Data eia-electricity-residential-2026-06-v1, eia-gasoline-regular-weekly-2026-08-31-v1

Guide

Yearly charging versus gasoline

CostAnswer editorialIndependent calculator publisher

Miles, MPG, a gas price, EV efficiency, and a state electricity rate become two energy bills. The gas price can be an EIA geography average or a pump price you type. Public fast charging is not home charging.

What is left out on purpose

Purchase price, insurance, tires, and depreciation are not in this energy comparison. Home charging at the EIA residential average is not the same as a 400-volt highway charger billed per minute or per kWh by a network.

Questions about this calculator

Does this include the federal EV tax credit?

No. This page is energy cost only. Credits have eligibility rules this engine does not apply.

Terms used here

kWh/100 miles
A common EV efficiency measure. Lower is less electricity per mile.
MPG
Miles per gallon for the gas vehicle in the comparison.

Practical tips

  • If you charge at work for free, the EV side of this comparison is overstated.
  • Use a winter MPG and a winter kWh/100 mi if that is your climate.

Limits and caveats

  • Energy-cost estimate from averages or your overrides. Not a TCO and not a buying recommendation.

Results are for information. They are not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice. How the math is maintained · Report a wrong figure.

Engine notes

Rounding, versioning, and omissions that sit beside the guide rather than repeating it.

  • Yearly gallons. Miles divided by MPG gives gallons. Times the pump price gives yearly gasoline cost. The price starts at the latest EIA weekly average for your state or PADD region, and a station price you type replaces it.
  • Electricity at the wall. EV efficiency is battery energy. Charging loss is added to estimate what you pull from the wall.
  • Same miles for both. Both yearly costs use the same miles. We show the difference and a break even gas price. That is not the full cost of owning a car.

Calculation receipt

What each number here is

The arithmetic is decided by your inputs. Official data only supplies a starting value, and anything you type replaces it.

OBSERVEDEIA retail electricity
Only a starting value. A figure from your own bill or quote replaces it and is used instead.
OBSERVEDEIA weekly gasoline
Only a starting value. A figure from your own bill or quote replaces it and is used instead.
USER ENTEREDA figure you enter
A figure you typed. It replaces our default and is used exactly as given.

Sources

Where this data comes from

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationSource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M monthly estimates. Snapshot eia-electricity-residential-2026-06-v1.EIA · June 2026 ↗U.S. Energy Information AdministrationSource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly retail gasoline prices, regular all formulations. Snapshot eia-gasoline-regular-weekly-2026-08-31-v1.EIA · Aug 31, 2026 ↗EIA average retail price noteState averages describe delivered electricity overall. They are not your utility rate.Method note ↗

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