The source provides the following supplementary information: "Annual fuel costs assume that you travel 15,000 miles each year, drive 55% in the city and 45% on the highway, and that fuel costs $3.41/gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, $4.10/gallon for premium, $3.73/gallon for diesel, and $0.13/kWh for electricity."
Annual cost estimates exclude vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas, E85, and hydrogen.
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Annual fuel cost range in the U.S. by vehicle type
November 2021 estimates calculated that two-seaters were the vehicle type with the widest annual fuel cost range, with prices going from under U.S. dollars to over U.S. dollars per year, depending on model and fuel type. By contrast, the fuel cost for small pickup trucks had the smallest range, between and U.S. dollars per year.
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