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Gasoline vs. Hybrid vs. Battery Electric (BEV) Fuel Statistics Comparison

writ­ten 06/10/23, updat­ed 01/31/25

What

Fuelup com­par­isons among three vehi­cles owned by me for the dura­tion of own­er­ship: 2020 Sub­aru Out­back XT Onyx Edi­tion, 2022 Ford Mav­er­ick XL Hybrid, & 2023 Ford Mus­tang Mach‑E AWD Stan­dard Range

Cal­cu­lat­ing: MPG/MPGe, Cost per Gal­lon of gaso­line (or equiv­a­lent), and then by month to even the odds

Comparison Chart

2020 Out­back (Gas)2022 Mav­er­ick (Hybrid)2023 Mach‑E (BEV)
Time Owned29 months12 months23 months
Total Miles Dri­ven18,503 mi8,051 mi15,0007 mi
Total Fuel Vol­ume 941.0 gal203.3 gal154.8 gal‑E*
(5,216.2 kWh)
Total Fuel Cost$3,243.92$774.93$1,229.31
MPG/MPGe19.7 MPG39.6 MPG97 MPGe
Cost per Gal­lon (or kWh)$3.45$3.81$0.24
Miles Dri­ven per Month638 mi670 mi653 mi
Fuel Vol­ume per Month32.4 gal16.9 gal6.7 gal‑E
(226.8 kWh)
Fuel Cost per Month$111.86$64.58$53.54
Total Main­te­nance Cost$596.62$362.54$465.39
Fun Cost (Addi­tions)$2623.03$2536.99$1032.88
*gal‑E = gal­lons gaso­line equiv­a­lent

Basic Vehicle Statistics

2020 Out­back
(Gas)		2022 Mav­er­ick
(Hybrid)		2023 Mach‑E
(BEV)
Engine2.4L F‑4cyl Tur­bo CVT AWD2.5L I‑4cyl FHEV
FWD		1‑spd DD Elec­tric
AWD
HP260 hp @ 5,600 rpm162 hp @ 5,600 rpm*266 hp
Torque277 lb-ft @ 2,000 rpm155 lb-ft @ 4,000 rpm428 lb-ft
Fuel Capac­i­ty18.5 gal13.8 gal70kWh
Fuel Econ­o­my
(city/hwy/comb)		23/30/2642/33/3799/86/93
Range (EPA)481 mi511 mi224 mi
Weight3,884 lb3,674 lb4,498 lb
Wheel­base108.1 in121.1 in117.5 in
Length191.3 in199.7 in185.6 in
Width
(with mir­ror)		82.0 in83.5 in74.1 in
Height66.4 in68.7 in64.0 in
Tow Rat­ing3,500 lb2,000 lb-
*191hp total hybrid pow­er deliv­ery; DD = Direct Dri­ve; Fun fact: 70 kWh = 2.1‑gal gaso­line

Analysis

Easy to see that the data favors elec­tri­fied vehi­cles: cheap­er, less fuel con­sumed, bet­ter MPGs

Cost per gal­lon of gas (or equiv­a­lent) goes increas­es the more elec­tri­fied the vehi­cle. Keep in mind, over­all cost is less

Main­te­nace costs decrease with increased elec­tri­fi­ca­tion. How­ev­er, both elec­tri­fied vehi­cles were owned for less time than the gaso­line car

My Vehicles — Comparative Fuel Statistics

Here is a chart detail­ing var­i­ous fuel sta­tis­tics for vehi­cles owned

It is to be not­ed that the cars were dri­ven dif­fer­ent from each oth­er. Also to be not­ed is that some of this data (miles, gal­lons, total $, aver­age mpg, & aver­age $/gal) was tak­en direct­ly off the data col­lec­tion app (same app for all cars), which accounts for some of the slight cal­cu­la­tion dis­par­i­ty, but the right-most 3 columns are my own cal­cu­la­tions.

The 2012 Out­back 2.5i was the longest stand­ing car at a total of 112 months owned, but record­ings only start­ed in 2016. It was dri­ven most­ly in rou­tine com­mut­ing traf­fic in a city-dri­ving envi­ron­ment.

The 2020 Out­back XT was dri­ven dur­ing pan­dem­ic times, used pre­mi­um gas, and nev­er took an extend­ed high­way trip. Traf­fic was nonex­is­tent dur­ing pan­dem­ic time. Despite pre­mi­um gas usage, price of gas was still cheap­er than today’s more cur­rent gas prices. Dri­ving sta­tis­tics should have been much worse than it looks because I also drove this car very aggres­sive­ly.

The 2022 Ford Mav­er­ick XL is the only hybrid pow­er­train here. With that, it shows a sav­ings of $471.35 over the 2012 Out­back 2.5i whose pow­er sta­tis­tics best match out of the group, as well as the type of traf­fic dri­ven through and dai­ly route. Now, if the aver­age price of gas per year were matched (to the cur­rent $3.99) while keep­ing the gas consumption/year the same, then the dis­par­i­ty is $1911.21. Wow. That’s almost $2,000 in sav­ings! Both in amount of gas con­sump­tion (479 gal vs. 215 gal — 44% decrease in amount used) per year and in dol­lars. $2k in my pocket…for friv­o­lous things I don’t need.