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What is the average miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) of an electric car?
I currently drive a car that gets great mileage, but I’d like to make the switch to something fully electric. What is the average miles per gallon equivalent of an electric car?
Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Great question! Because electric cars are powered by a rechargeable battery in lieu of gasoline, you’ll have to look at a slightly different metric to understand the equivalent to
gas mileage
for an EV.Instead, electric cars provide an MPGe number or miles per gallon equivalent. MPGe was devised by the EPA, which determined that 33.7 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity is comparable to about a gallon of fuel in terms of energy content.
While most gas-powered cars get between 20 and 30 mpg, electric cars can easily get around 100 MPGe.
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