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One of the best parts of buying a car in 2025 is the wealth of fuel-efficient options on the market. Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric, and combustion; no matter what you choose, there is a vehicle out there that will save you money at the pump and the charger, and those vehicles are only set to impress even more in 2025 with new debuts and updates.

Unfortunately, it can quickly get overwhelming when you’re trying to decide between a hundred different vehicles. Many still think of fuel-efficient vehicles as small, awkward-looking hatchbacks, but the options now stretch from sedans all the way to pickup trucks, and to highlight this, we’ve compiled a list of the most fuel-efficient hybrids, PHEVs, and EVs in all three major segments: sedans, SUVs, and trucks.

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ICE Sedans: Honda Civic

EPA Rating: 32/41/36 mpg

The Honda Civic continues to dominate the compact sedan market by offering its signature blend of performance, efficiency, and practicality. The newest model is the best yet because it blends all three of those things into an attractive package with an attractive price tag, continuing to make it a great option for a first-time car buyer. Even better, the base powertrain makes the Civic the most fuel-efficient combustion sedan in America, achieving 36 mpg combined and up to 41 mpg highway. Impressive numbers, but ones that come at a cost, given its performance is anything but inspiring.

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Hybrid Sedans: Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Blue

EPA Rating: 51/58/54 mpg

The Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Blue is the epitome of efficiency in the hybrid sedan category, and it’s one you may never even have heard of. The hybrids from companies like Toyota and Honda get all the love, but Hyundai has been doing an exceptional job of curating its own stable of amazing hybrid vehicles, and the Elantra Hybrid Blue is the very best of them, returning an exceptional fuel economy stat line of 51/58/54 mpg. If all of your fuel economy is past 50 mpg, you’re doing something right, and we agreed the car has value in droves when we took one for a spin.

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Electric Sedans: Lucid Air Pure RWD (19-inch wheels)

EPA Rating: 149/142/146 MPGe

Our first EV on the list is also the most fuel-efficient vehicle on the market according to the EPA, with a combined MPGe rating of 146. This is obviously unbelievably impressive, but we’ve discussed our issues with this measurement at length in the past. Regardless, we’re going with EPA measurements for this one, and the Lucid Air comes out on top, particularly the base Pure model with 19-inch wheels. It has a single 430-horsepower motor and an excellent range of 420 miles, but this isn’t even the best range out of the lineup, although it offers the most efficient energy consumption.

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ICE SUVs: 2025 Nissan Rogue FWD

EPA Rating: 30/37/33 mpg

Moving into SUVs/crossovers, it may surprise you to see that the Nissan Rogue beats out all of its competitors with the excellent fuel economy it returns. This is thanks to the car’s unique turbocharged three-cylinder powertrain that also manages to produce 201 hp and 225 lb-ft of torque. With stats like this, you’d think the car would be more enjoyable to drive than it is, however, as the CVT leaves a lot to be desired. We’d still like to see a hybrid version of the car in the near future, which seems to be on the way.

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Hybrid SUVs: 2025 Kia Niro

EPA Rating: 53/54/53 mpg

The Kia Niro comes in a few different flavors in 2025, but its regular hybrid variant takes the cake as the most fuel-efficient hybrid SUV on the market. The model was refreshed for 2023, bringing better looks, comfort, and performance, although the latter still leaves a bit to be desired given it only makes 139 hp and 195 lb-ft of torque. It’s the same system as in the Elantra Hybrid, so it’s no surprise it makes this list. Its appeal is in its value, purchase value, and the money it keeps in your pocket during ownership, and if that’s what you’re looking for along with a little extra space, the Niro is a great choice.

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Electric SUVs: 2025 Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD

EPA Rating: 134/117/125 MPGe

Tesla’s Model Y Long Range RWD continues to dominate the electric SUV segment by offering efficiency, range, and practicality above nearly everyone else. Its impressive Tesla has been able to keep it so consistently above the rest of the pack, given its age, but performance and range are still above the average, and there’s no denying Tesla’s excellent pricing. For the 2026 model year, the Model Y is receiving a comprehensive upgrade that will see the looks heavily altered, the interior improved, and an updated Performance version. Will it be enough to stay ahead of the rest of the pack? Only time will tell.

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ICE Trucks: 2025 Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra 2WD

EPA Rating: 23/29/26 mpg

Out of all the trucks on sale, it turns out the Silverado and Sierra with GM’s 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 diesel offer the best average fuel economy out of any other non-hybrid truck, returning 23/29/26 mpg. This is impressive because it beats out smaller trucks like GM’s very own Colorado/Canyon twins with their turbocharged four-cylinder powertrains, and Ford’s turbocharged V6 truck powertrains. This is good news for anyone looking to pick up a GM truck, but keep in mind this powertrain doesn’t come on the base models. You’ll have to spend at least $50,000 on either to get the combo, but the GMC does come in a tad cheaper.

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Hybrid Trucks: 2024 Ford Maverick FWD

EPA Rating: 42/33/37 mpg

The Ford Maverick has been a game-changer in the truck segment. We can’t believe it’s taken this long for an automaker to envision a small pickup perfect for a wide range of consumers given the love Americans have for trucks, but it took Ford knocking it out of the park to get the competition’s attention. The regular model with its turbocharged engine is good if you need the performance, but if you’ll mainly be using this as a daily driver, the hybrid powertrain when connected with FWD is the one you want, because it returns 37 mpg combined. It’s not going to win many races, especially when paired with AWD, but having a pickup that’s small enough to function as a city car that returns fuel economy like this is an exceptionally rare thing.

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Electric Trucks: 2025 Rivian R1T Dual Max (22-inch wheels)

EPA Rating: 93/80/87 MPGe

The Rivian R1T is the best electric truck on the market, in our opinion, and it’s earned that place by offering the best combination of performance, looks, range, technology, and value. The Dual Motor version with the Max battery can achieve up to 420 miles while making 533 hp, but the best part is the Dual Motor Performance version also equals its MPGe, so you can up that power up to 623 hp and 829 lb-ft of torque with no downside. The rest of the range offers great fuel economy and range too, but we’re still waiting to see what kind of range the new 1,025-hp Quad Motor version arrives with.

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Supercar (Curveball Option): 2025 Rimac Nevera

EPA Rating: 52/54/53 MPGe

Finally, we have the $2.4 million Rimac Nevera as the wildcard option. This electric hypercar proved to the world that EVs could do it all; look good, drive great, and offer mind-bending performance without breaking. It’s a revelation and proof that EVs are here to stay, but it also shows that the excess of past hypercars doesn’t need to continue forever. 53 MPGe combined may not seem like much when comparing it to the other EVs on this list, but when you consider the fact this vehicle makes up to 1,914 hp and still returns over 200 miles of range, that number starts to impress. However, we don’t expect the same thrifty attitude from the more hardcore Nevera R.

Sources: Fueleconomy.gov