Gas vs. Electric car costs

Calculated circa June 2019 from public data.

Columns "Gas USD/litre" and "cents/kWh Electric" are the energy costs used to calculate the cost to fill from empty, and the costs per kilometre, for four vehicles: a Prius hybrid, Tesla 3 and Nissan Leaf battery-electric cars, and a Zero electric motorcycle.

Columns for "walk/BigMac" and "cycle/BigMac" are estimates for human-powered travel fuelled by eating McDonalds' Big Mac, based on published calories and burger prices.

USD/CAD 1.33 cents/kWh Fill Charge Charge USD/km USD/km USD/km USD/km Prius/Tesla USD/km USD/km
Gas CAD Gas USD/litre Electric Prius Tesla3 Leaf Prius Tesla3 Leaf Zero walk/BigMac cycle/BigMac
Solomon Islands 1.36 88 15.37 54.56 29.92 0.09 0.15 0.17 0.070 0.61
Vanuatu 1.47 60 16.61 37.2 20.4 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.048 0.96
New Zealand 1.45 19.67 16.39 12.1954 6.6878 0.10 0.03 0.04 0.016 2.89
Germany 1.51 35 17.06 21.7 11.9 0.10 0.06 0.07 0.028 1.69
Ireland 1.51 23.06 17.06 14.2972 7.8404 0.10 0.04 0.04 0.018 2.57
France 1.62 19.39 18.31 12.0218 6.5926 0.11 0.03 0.04 0.016 3.28
Canada (BC) 1.2 0.90 11.837 10.20 7.33894 4.02458 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.009 2.99 1.72 0.71
Vancouver 1.4 1.05 11.837 11.89 7.33894 4.02458 0.07 0.02 0.02 0.009 3.49
Alberta 1 0.75 16.093 8.50 9.97766 5.47162 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.013 1.83
Saskatchewan 1 0.75 17.423 8.50 10.80226 5.92382 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.014 1.69
Manitoba 0.97 0.73 10.374 8.24 6.43188 3.52716 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.008 2.76
Ontario 1.04 0.78 18.753 8.84 11.62686 6.37602 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.015 1.64
Newfoundland/Labrador 1.12 0.84 16.625 9.52 10.3075 5.6525 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.013 1.99
Quebec 1.12 0.84 9.177 9.52 5.68974 3.12018 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.007 3.60
NWT 1.2 0.90 10.20 0 0 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.000
USA 0.68 8 7.68 4.96 2.72 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.006 3.33 1.89 0.78
California 0.84 19.5 9.55 12.09 6.63 0.06 0.03 0.04 0.016 1.70
Florida 0.58 12.14 6.56 7.5268 4.1276 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.010 1.88
Alaska 0.71 21 8.05 13.02 7.14 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.017 1.33
Hawaii 0.92 33.8 10.44 20.956 11.492 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.027 1.07
New York 0.64 18.17 7.28 11.2654 6.1778 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.015 1.39
Idaho 0.60 9.58 6.73 5.9396 3.2572 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.008 2.44
Kentucky 0.58 10.73 6.50 6.6526 3.6482 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.009 2.10
Mississippi 0.52 11.58 5.93 7.1796 3.9372 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 1.78
Switzerland 1.54 25 17.40 15.5 8.5 0.10 0.04 0.05 0.02 2.42 2.24 0.92
UK 1.52 22 17.18 13.64 7.48 0.10 0.04 0.04 0.02 2.71
Finland 1.60 13.73 18.08 8.5126 4.6682 0.11 0.02 0.03 0.01 4.57
Norway 1.86 14.16 21.02 8.7792 4.8144 0.12 0.02 0.03 0.01 5.15 1.98 0.82
USVI 48.9 0.00 30.318 16.626 0.00 0.08 0.09 0.04 0.00
Peru 1.07 17.7 12.09 10.974 6.018 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.01 2.37
Data from
globalpetrolprices.com
worldatlas.com
wikipedia
chooseenergy.com
ontario-hydro.com
gasbuddy.com

BigMac figures based on published cost and energy content (calories) of a McDonalds Big Mac, and average energy consumption per mile for cycling and walking.