Ranking

Most efficient EVs: Pickup, 2022 model year

Every EV with a published EPA combined efficiency, lowest energy use first, in kilowatt-hours per 100 miles. Fewer kWh per 100 miles means a cheaper charge for the same distance.

Published specs, not John’s test results. His score shows where he has scored a car; it never changes the order.

Data: Efficiency: fueleconomy.gov (EPA) for 4. Values last checked October 24, 2026.

4 of 4 EVs have a published EPA efficiency figure

Average 49.0 kWh/100 mi

  1. 1
    2023 Ford F-150 Lightning
    Photo credit

    Photo: Corqe, CC0

    Specs only · not reviewed yet · Model years 2022–2025

    70 MPGe

    47.9 kWh/100 mi

    Compare the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Extended Range
  2. 2
    2022 Rivian R1T
    Photo credit

    Photo: Kevauto, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Specs only · not reviewed yet · Model years 2022–2027

    70 MPGe

    48.1 kWh/100 mi

    Compare the 2022 Rivian R1T
  3. 3
    2023 Ford F-150 Lightning
    Photo credit

    Photo: Corqe, CC0

    Specs only · not reviewed yet · Model years 2022–2025

    68 MPGe

    49.4 kWh/100 mi

    Compare the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Standard Range
  4. 4
    2023 Ford F-150 Lightning
    Photo credit

    Photo: Corqe, CC0

    Specs only · not reviewed yet · Model years 2022–2025

    66 MPGe

    50.7 kWh/100 mi

    Compare the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum

How this list is made

  • Shorter bar, less energy per mile. Bars are measured from zero against the top value; the dark tick marks the average of all 4 ranked here.
  • Scores are John’s, shown only where he has scored a car, and they don’t affect the order. How John scores.
  • Each car’s page lists the source of every figure and when it was last checked.

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