Nissan Leaf Earns 99 MPG Rating From EPA

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How exactly does a completely electric car manage to get a MPG rating, even if that rating is higher than any other hybrid or electric vehicle? The EPA is looking for ways to let consumers compare the EVs to regular cars and has decided assigning fuel efficiency ratings is the best way to do it.

The EPA has come up with a formula that allows the agency to give cars without actual gas tanks miles per gallon ratings judging how far they can go on one charge. This formula has found that 33.7 kilowatt hours is roughly the same as a gallon of gas and using this particular formula has determined that is equal to around 99 miles per gallon. In the city that rating is actually even higher, with 102 MPG and on the highway it is a bit lower, coming in at 92 MPG. Of course electric cars’ mileage is actually reverse of hybrid and gas vehicles because the car charges every time the brakes are applied giving them better range in stop and start driving. The EPA says that the Leaf can go 73 miles on a single charge.