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What it costs to fuel a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado in Louisiana

Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M · 17 mpgPrices updated weekly from EIA data

Short answer

$203a month

Driving 1,000 miles a month at $3.46 a gallon for regular. That's 20.3¢ a mile and $2,440 a year.

Estimate: Gulf Coast regional average, adjusted for Louisiana's fuel tax (2.4¢/gal lower than the region's average).

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1,000 mi
1003,000
Blank uses the Louisiana average
Gas · 17 mpgEstimated fuel cost
$203/ month
17 mpg (EPA combined) × $3.46/gal regularEstimate: Gulf Coast regional average, adjusted for Louisiana's fuel tax (2.4¢/gal lower than the region's average)
Per year
$2,440
Per mile
20.3¢
Over 5 years
$12,201
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Every 2026 Silverado version in Louisiana

VersionDriveEPA ratingPer month
Silverado 2WDRWD25 mpgdiesel$228
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD24 mpgdiesel$238
Silverado 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$248
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD (Sport/off road)4WD23 mpgdiesel$248
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$248
Silverado 4WD ZR2 (Sport/Off Road)4WD21 mpgdiesel$271
Silverado 2WDRWD20 mpg$173
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD19 mpg$182
Silverado 4WD 4M4WD19 mpg$182
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD18 mpg$192
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD M64WD18 mpg$192
Silverado 2WDRWD17 mpg$203
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M(used in headline figures)4WD17 mpg$203
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$203
Silverado 4WD (Flex Fuel)4WD17 mpg$203
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD FFV4WD17 mpg$203
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpgpremium$256
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$203
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpg$203
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (Sport Mode) 4WD4WD16 mpg$216
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD16 mpg$216
Silverado Cab Chassis 2WDRWD16 mpg$216
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD15 mpgpremium$290
Silverado 4WD ZR24WD15 mpgpremium$290
Silverado Cab Chassis 4WD4WD15 mpg$230

Silverado vs. Chevrolet Silverado EV in Louisiana

Chevrolet Silverado17 mpg
$203/mo
Chevrolet Silverado EV49.5 kWh/100 mi
$65/mo

The Silverado EV costs about $1,663 a year less to run here.Counting Louisiana's $110 EV fee, the saving is about $1,553.

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Louisiana's gas tax: 20.9¢ a gallon, plus 18.4¢ federal

Of the estimated $3.46 a gallon for regular in Louisiana, 39.3¢ is tax: 11% of the price.

At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado (17 mpg) pays about $23 a month in fuel tax, $278 a year. Louisiana's state gas tax is the 7th lowest of the 50 states and DC.

Electric cars pay no gas tax, so Louisiana charges them an extra registration fee instead: $110 a year.

Fuel taxes: EIA, July 2026 (revised); county and city taxes not included. Pump price is an estimate: Gulf Coast regional average, adjusted for Louisiana's fuel tax (2.4¢/gal lower than the region's average). EV fee: Louisiana state government. Fees checked October 2026.

Gulf Coast gas prices are down 37¢ in a month

EIA doesn't survey Louisiana on its own, so the price on this page moves with the Gulf Coast average: $3.48 a gallon for regular in the week of November 9, 2026, 37¢ less than four weeks earlier and 88¢ more than a year ago. Over the past year it ranged from $2.37 (week of January 5, 2026) to $3.99 (week of May 25, 2026). At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado costs about $22 a month less to fuel than four weeks ago.

Weekly price of regular, Gulf Coast average (dollars per gallon)
$2.00$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.00Jan 2026AprJulOct$3.48
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EIA weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices.

Louisiana is the 3rd cheapest state to fuel a Silverado

3rd cheapest of the 50 states and DC, at 1,000 miles a month. See every state

Cheapest states
  1. 1Texas$200
  2. 2New Mexico$202
  3. 3Louisiana$203
  4. 4Mississippi$205
  5. 5Arkansas$206
Around Louisiana
  1. 1Texas$200
  2. 2New Mexico$202
  3. 3Louisiana$203
  4. 4Mississippi$205
  5. 5Arkansas$206

Questions people ask

How much does it cost to fuel a Chevrolet Silverado in Louisiana?

About $203 a month for 1,000 miles, or $2,440 a year, for the 2026 Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M (17 mpg) at $3.46 a gallon for regular. That works out to 20.3¢ a mile.

Which Silverado version is cheapest to fuel?

The Silverado 2WD (20 mpg), at about $173 a month in Louisiana. The 2026 Silverado comes in 25 EPA-rated versions.

Where does the Louisiana gas price come from?

Estimate: Gulf Coast regional average, adjusted for Louisiana's fuel tax (2.4¢/gal lower than the region's average). It updates every week when EIA publishes its survey.

How much of the gas price in Louisiana is tax?

39.3¢ a gallon: 20.9¢ Louisiana state tax and 18.4¢ federal tax. That is 11% of the estimated $3.46 a gallon for regular.

Are gas prices going up in Louisiana?

EIA doesn't survey Louisiana on its own, so the price on this page moves with the Gulf Coast average: $3.48 a gallon for regular in the week of November 9, 2026, 37¢ less than four weeks earlier and 88¢ more than a year ago. Source: EIA's weekly retail price survey.

Efficiency: U.S. EPA ratings for the 2026 model year. Gas prices: EIA weekly survey, week of November 9, 2026. Electricity: EIA average home rates, September 2025 to August 2026. Fuel taxes: EIA, July 2026 (revised). How we calculate