Whether you’re concerned for the environment or just worried about your wallet, a fuel-efficient new car is a great choice. In the 2024 model year, if you’re looking for the car with the best EPA fuel mileage rating, you’re going to be choosing some kind of hybrid. With a gasoline engine and an electric motor powered by a small battery, a hybrid can give you phenomenal fuel economy while offering the convenience of refueling at any gas station.
Here, we’ve rounded up the ten most fuel-efficient model-year 2024 hybrid cars (excluding plug-in hybrids) and ranked them by EPA combined fuel economy rating. Every vehicle on this list gets well over 40 mpg combined, and many of them exceed 50 mpg in certain driving conditions, meaning you’ll get great fuel economy with any of these picks.
1. 2024 Toyota Prius - 57 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 57 MPG City / 56 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 644 Miles
- Base Price: $27,950
The Toyota Prius is the vehicle that made hybrid technology mainstream in the US car market, and 20 years after its debut, it’s still the fuel-economy king. The base-model Prius is the most fuel-efficient gasoline-powered car you can buy in the US right now, earning an EPA rating of 57 miles per gallon combined. If you want maximum fuel economy, stick with the base-model Prius: Higher-trim models and optional all-wheel drive can push the EPA rating as low as 49 MPG combined, which is still pretty impressive.
2. 2024 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Blue - 54 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 51 MPG City / 58 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 670 Miles
- Base Price: $26,250
The Hyundai Elantra Hybrid actually beats the Toyota Prius in highway fuel-economy, with an astounding 58 miles per gallon rating from the EPA—but a slightly thirstier 51 MPG city means the Hyundai and Toyota are tied at 54 MPG combined. As with the Prius, the Elantra Hybrid offers the best fuel economy in its base-model Blue trim, while high-spec Limited models return a still-respectable 50 MPG combined. (Note: Standard Elantra Hybrid pictured).
3. 2024 Kia Niro - 53 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 53 MPG City / 54 MPG Highway / 53 MPG Combined
- Total Driving Range: 588 Miles
- Base Price: $26,940
Don’t let the subcompact SUV body style fool you: The Kia Niro is an incredibly thrifty hybrid, offering an EPA rating of 53 miles per gallon combined in LX, EX or SX trim. EX Touring and SX Touring models sacrifice a few MPG, in part from their upgraded 18-inch wheels, but they still manage an EPA rating of 49 MPG combined.
4. 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid LE - 52 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 51 MPG City / 53 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 685 Miles
- Base Price: $28,855
The Toyota Camry is widely considered the default affordable family sedan, and with the available hybrid drivetrain, it can be a fuel-mileage darling. The base-model 2024 Camry LE Hybrid gets an EPA rating of 52 MPG combined, while XSE Hybrid and XLE Hybrid models manage 46 MPG combined. The new 2025 Toyota Camry will go on sale soon, but the company hasn't released specifics on the hybrid model yet.
5. 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid - 50 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 53 MPG City / 46 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 565 Miles
- Base Price: $23,500
Are you getting the impression that Toyota is pretty good at this hybrid thing? The 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid gets as much as 50 miles per gallon combined if you opt for LE or XLE trim. SE and Nightshade variants drop slightly to 47 MPG combined, and optional all-wheel drive can push the fuel economy down to 44 MPG combined, but that’s still pretty phenomenal.
6. 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid - 48 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 51 MPG City / 44 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 614 Miles
- Base Price: $32,895
The hybrid version of the Accord is actually the performance choice, making 204 total horsepower compared to the conventional car’s 192. Oddly, though, it’s the middle-trim Accord EX-L Hybrid, at a base price of $34,540, that gets the best economy, netting 48 miles per gallon combined thanks to smaller 17-inch wheels. The base-model Sport Hybrid and top-spec Sport-L Hybrid and Touring Hybrid all get 19s, and they all sacrifice slightly with 44 MPG combined.
7. 2024 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid - 47 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 44 MPG City / 51 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 620 Miles
- Base Price: $31,950
The Hyundai Sonata sports funky styling that looks like it came from the future, and the available hybrid drivetrain backs up the look with up to 47 miles per gallon combined. Unlike Honda and Toyota, this sedan returns the same fuel mileage whether you opt for the base-model SEL or the top-spec Limited.
8. 2024 Lexus ES 300h - 44 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 43 MPG City / 44 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 581 Miles
- Base Price: $44,590
You don’t have to drive an economy car to get great hybrid fuel economy. The Lexus ES 300h gets an EPA-rated 44 miles per gallon combined, while coddling you in a luxurious interior and spoiling you with tons of high-end features. The hybrid variants actually represent the top of the Lexus ES range, ensuring that you’ll get lots of standard features with your stellar fuel economy.
9. 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid - 43 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 42 MPG City / 44 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 589 Miles
- Base Price: $29,965
The only mid-size SUV on this list, the Kia Sportage has room for the family and plenty of ground clearance to go with its EPA-rated 43 miles per gallon combined. Just one catch: To get that impressive fuel economy, you’ll have to opt for a front-wheel-drive Sportage. If you don’t need the all-terrain, all-weather capability of four-wheel drive, this might be the perfect economical utility vehicle for you. And if you need all-wheel drive, you’ll still get 38 MPG combined.
10. 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid - 42 MPG
- Fuel Economy: 45 MPG City / 38 MPG Highway
- Total Driving Range: 445 Miles
- Base Price: $29,570
The Corolla Cross is a high-riding crossover version of the venerable Corolla sedan and hatchback, and like its passenger-car siblings, the Cross offers a thrifty hybrid variant. This compact utility vehicle gets an impressive 42 miles per gallon combined, and unlike many of the other vehicles on this list, it comes standard with all-wheel drive—meaning you don’t have to choose between fuel economy and all-weather traction.
Best MPG Hybrids of 2024
- Toyota Prius - 57 MPG
- Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Blue - 54 MPG
- Kia Niro - 53 MPG
- Toyota Camry Hybrid - 52 MPG
- Toyota Corolla Hybrid - 50 MPG
- Honda Accord Hybrid - 48 MPG
- Hyundai Sonata Hybrid - 47 MPG
- Lexus ES 300h - 44 MPG
- Kia Sportage Hybrid - 43 MPG
- Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid - 42 MPG