Battery-electric trucks occupy the top three spots on J.D. Power’s list of the most fuel-efficient trucks, and the Tesla Cybertruck sits first among them. The ranking gives the Cybertruck a combined range of 72 to 85 MPGe, with the Rivian R1T second at 63 to 85 and the GMC Hummer EV third at 46 to 59. The first non-electric pickup appears in fourth place, the Ford Maverick, at 21 to 42 mpg.
Ten trucks fill the first page of the ranking, and the spread between the electric leaders and the gasoline field is wide enough that two different units of measurement share one table. Which truck counts as most efficient depends on whether the top of each range or the whole span is being read, and the list itself puts the Cybertruck first.
Cybertruck’s 72 to 85 MPGe at the top
According to J.D. Power’s most fuel-efficient trucks ranking, the 2026 Cybertruck carries an overall rating of 88 and a combined efficiency span of 72 to 85 MPGe. The page itself states that battery-electric trucks are the best trucks for fuel efficiency. On the Cybertruck’s own J.D. Power model page the two ends of the span show up as separate figures, 85 MPGe in the city and 72 MPGe on the highway, for a truck priced from $69,990 to $99,990 with 600 to 845 horsepower.
The same page places the Cybertruck first among large light-duty pickups, ahead of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 at 83 and the Ford F-150 and Toyota Tundra, both at 82. The efficiency list and the segment ranking therefore agree on the leader, though they measure different things.
Rivian R1T and the shared 85 MPGe peak
Second place does not trail the leader at the high end. J.D. Power’s table gives no explanation for the order beyond the figures themselves, and the figures show a tie at the peak. J.D. Power lists the 2026 Rivian R1T at 63 to 85 MPGe on the efficiency page, and its model page shows 72 to 85 MPGe city and 63 to 73 highway, a price range of $72,990 to $119,990 and an overall rating of 78. Both trucks therefore reach 85 MPGe. What separates them on the list is the low end of the span: the Cybertruck’s runs from 72, the Rivian’s from 63.
The GMC Hummer EV ends the electric group at 46 to 59 MPGe. Its model page shows 58 to 59 MPGe in the city, a rating of 75, and a price range of $83,695 to $111,139.
MPGe against mpg on the same page
MPGe is the Environmental Protection Agency’s yardstick for letting electric vehicles be compared with gasoline ones; as the federal fueleconomy.gov site explains, it rests on the equivalence of 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity to one gallon of gasoline. J.D. Power’s list uses that unit for the electric trucks and plain miles per gallon for the rest.
The gasoline and hybrid entries run well below. The Ford Maverick, rated 82 by J.D. Power, spans 21 to 42 mpg across its powertrains, and the page says its hybrid delivers an EPA-estimated 37 to 38 mpg combined. After it come the Toyota Tacoma at 20 to 26, the Honda Ridgeline at 18 to 24, the Hyundai Santa Cruz at 18 to 30, the Nissan Frontier at 18 to 24, the Toyota Tundra at 18 to 24 and the Chevrolet Colorado at 17 to 24.
Gallon-equivalent figures for electricity say nothing about what a charge costs or how a truck is driven, so the ten rows are best read as J.D. Power’s ordering of rated efficiency rather than a cost comparison. The Maverick’s two engine choices, according to its model page, are a 2.5-liter hybrid four-cylinder with 191 horsepower and a 2.0-liter EcoBoost with 250 horsepower, which explains why its range runs from 21 to 42 mpg.
September ratings and the 88 behind the Cybertruck
J.D. Power’s overall ratings are separate from the efficiency numbers. The ranking page notes that its ratings reflect the best available data and are updated each September; for current model years, it applies the previous year’s ratings until new consumer survey data arrives. On the Cybertruck’s model page the 88 breaks down as 86 for quality and reliability, 96 for driving experience and 82 for resale value, and it is the highest rating among the ten trucks listed, ahead of the Colorado at 84 and the Frontier at 83, while the Hummer EV, third on efficiency, carries the lowest rating on the page at 75.
On the ranking page, the Cybertruck’s 72 to 85 MPGe leads the ten trucks shown, and the best a conventional entry such as the Toyota Tacoma reaches is 26 mpg.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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