Subject 2 of 10

Efficiency & Range

Fuel economy or electric efficiency, driving range, and the cost of energy to run the vehicle.

criteria

8 measured specs

295

graded models

973

scored model years

2017–2026

criteria with trend data

The whole picture

Fleet median, Efficiency

1.31D

49.5 of 100 points · mean 50.1
across 295 graded models

Each model counts once, at its latest scored year. The subject score is the weighted average of every criterion that applies to that vehicle.

How the score is built

Each segment is as wide as that criterion's share of the weight, and filled to the fleet's median score on it. A wide segment left mostly empty is where the fleet loses points. A narrow one cannot move the grade however well the fleet does on it.

2.1 Fuel Economy2.2 Range & Charging2.3 Energy Cost

Hover a segment for its weight and fleet median, or click it for the full criterion page.

See the numbers

Criterion	Group	Weight	Fleet median	Points of possible	Models
Combined fuel economy	2.1 Fuel Economy	17.6%	50	8.8 / 17.6	295
City fuel economy	2.1 Fuel Economy	5.9%	50	2.9 / 5.9	295
Highway fuel economy	2.1 Fuel Economy	5.9%	50	2.9 / 5.9	295
Driving range	2.2 Range & Charging	17.6%	36	6.4 / 17.6	295
Electric-only range	2.2 Range & Charging	11.8%	48	5.6 / 11.8	3
DC fast-charge peak rate	2.2 Range & Charging	11.8%	52	6.1 / 11.8	59
10–80% fast-charge time	2.2 Range & Charging	11.8%	50	5.9 / 11.8	59
Estimated annual fuel cost	2.3 Energy Cost	11.8%	52	6.1 / 11.8	295
Fuel requirements	2.3 Energy Cost	5.9%	80	4.7 / 5.9	295
Typical total (weighted medians)				49.5 / 100

The weighted sum of per criterion medians (49.5) differs slightly from the median subject score (49.5). Criteria that do not apply to a vehicle are omitted and its weights renormalize, so no single car is scored on exactly this mix.

Reading these charts. Distributions cover every model that has really been scored. Placeholder scorecards are excluded, so nothing here is an invented number. Trend lines need two or more scored years of the same model, which most nameplates do not have yet. Where a trend looks thin, that is coverage rather than the vehicle standing still. Spec scores are normalized within a body type, so a measurement is never compared across segments.

Body type

Make

Model years

Latest scored year only

Showing all 295 scored models

Combined fuel economy

SPEC · MPG/MPGeweight 3295 models · 113 with a multi-year trendCompare all 295 →

EPA combined MPG for the volume trim — or combined MPGe for a full EV. For a PHEV use the charge-sustaining (gas-mode) MPG; its electric side is scored at 2.2.3.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment, per-powertrain-class bands — pick a body type to see them. A measurement is never compared across segments.

City fuel economy

SPEC · MPG/MPGeweight 1295 models · 113 with a multi-year trendCompare all 295 →

EPA city MPG (MPGe for a full EV; charge-sustaining MPG for a PHEV) for the volume trim.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment, per-powertrain-class bands — pick a body type to see them. A measurement is never compared across segments.

Highway fuel economy

SPEC · MPG/MPGeweight 1295 models · 113 with a multi-year trendCompare all 295 →

EPA highway MPG (MPGe for a full EV; charge-sustaining MPG for a PHEV) for the volume trim.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment, per-powertrain-class bands — pick a body type to see them. A measurement is never compared across segments.

Driving range

SPEC · miweight 3295 models · 113 with a multi-year trendCompare all 295 →

Total range on a full tank or a full charge for the volume trim (EPA figures). For a PHEV this is the combined gas + electric range.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment, per-powertrain-class bands — pick a body type to see them. A measurement is never compared across segments.

Electric-only range

SPEC · miweight 23 models · 1 with a multi-year trendCompare all 3 →

EPA electric-only range for a plug-in hybrid — how far it goes on a charge before the engine is needed.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment bands — pick a body type to see its band. A measurement is never compared across segments.

DC fast-charge peak rate

SPEC · kWweight 259 models · 14 with a multi-year trendCompare all 59 →

Peak DC fast-charging power the vehicle accepts, in kW (manufacturer figure for the volume trim). Report 0 for an EV with no DC fast-charge inlet.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment bands — pick a body type to see its band. A measurement is never compared across segments.

10–80% fast-charge time

SPEC · minweight 259 models · 14 with a multi-year trendCompare all 59 →

Manufacturer-quoted minutes to charge 10–80% on a DC fast charger; lower is better. Omitted entirely when 2.2.4 is 0 (no DC fast-charge capability).

Normalization: Scored against per-segment bands, inverted so lower is better — pick a body type to see its band. A measurement is never compared across segments.

Estimated annual fuel cost

SPEC · $/yrweight 2295 models · 113 with a multi-year trendCompare all 295 →

EPA estimated annual fuel/energy cost at standard assumptions (15k mi/yr); lower is better.

Normalization: Scored against per-segment, per-powertrain-class bands, inverted so lower is better — pick a body type to see them. A measurement is never compared across segments.

Fuel requirements

RATEDweight 1295 models · 113 with a multi-year trendCompare all 295 →

Required fuel grade and flexibility, or — for a plug-in — how practical and cheap the vehicle is to keep charged.