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What it costs to fuel a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado in North Carolina

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

Short answer

$215a month

Driving 1,000 miles a month at $3.65 a gallon for regular. That's 21.5¢ a mile and $2,577 a year.

Estimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for North Carolina's fuel tax (4.2¢/gal higher than the region's average).

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1,000 mi
1003,000
Blank uses the North Carolina average
Gas · 17 mpgEstimated fuel cost
$215/ month
17 mpg (EPA combined) × $3.65/gal regularEstimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for North Carolina's fuel tax (4.2¢/gal higher than the region's average)
Per year
$2,577
Per mile
21.5¢
Over 5 years
$12,886
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Every 2026 Silverado version in North Carolina

VersionDriveEPA ratingPer month
Silverado 2WDRWD25 mpgdiesel$229
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD24 mpgdiesel$239
Silverado 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$249
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD (Sport/off road)4WD23 mpgdiesel$249
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$249
Silverado 4WD ZR2 (Sport/Off Road)4WD21 mpgdiesel$273
Silverado 2WDRWD20 mpg$183
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD19 mpg$192
Silverado 4WD 4M4WD19 mpg$192
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD18 mpg$203
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD M64WD18 mpg$203
Silverado 2WDRWD17 mpg$215
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M(used in headline figures)4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado 4WD (Flex Fuel)4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD FFV4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpgpremium$267
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (Sport Mode) 4WD4WD16 mpg$228
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD16 mpg$228
Silverado Cab Chassis 2WDRWD16 mpg$228
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD15 mpgpremium$302
Silverado 4WD ZR24WD15 mpgpremium$302
Silverado Cab Chassis 4WD4WD15 mpg$243

Silverado vs. Chevrolet Silverado EV in North Carolina

Chevrolet Silverado17 mpg
$215/mo
Chevrolet Silverado EV49.5 kWh/100 mi
$74/mo

The Silverado EV costs about $1,693 a year less to run here.Counting North Carolina's $214.50 EV fee, the saving is about $1,478.

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North Carolina's gas tax: 41.3¢ a gallon, plus 18.4¢ federal

Of the estimated $3.65 a gallon for regular in North Carolina, 59.7¢ is tax: 16% of the price.

At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado (17 mpg) pays about $35 a month in fuel tax, $421 a year. North Carolina's state gas tax is the 10th highest of the 50 states and DC.

Electric cars pay no gas tax, so North Carolina charges them an extra registration fee instead: $214.50 a year.

Fuel taxes: EIA, July 2026 (revised); county and city taxes not included. Pump price is an estimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for North Carolina's fuel tax (4.2¢/gal higher than the region's average). EV fee: U.S. Department of Energy. Fees checked October 2026.

Lower Atlantic gas prices are down 32¢ in a month

EIA doesn't survey North Carolina on its own, so the price on this page moves with the Lower Atlantic average: $3.61 a gallon for regular in the week of November 9, 2026, 32¢ less than four weeks earlier and 83¢ more than a year ago. Over the past year it ranged from $2.62 (week of January 12, 2026) to $4.20 (week of September 28, 2026). At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado costs about $19 a month less to fuel than four weeks ago.

Weekly price of regular, Lower Atlantic average (dollars per gallon)
$2.50$3.00$3.50$4.00$4.50Jan 2026AprJulOct$3.61
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EIA weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices.

North Carolina is the 10th cheapest state to fuel a Silverado

10th 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 North Carolina
  1. 8Georgia$211
  2. 9West Virginia$212
  3. 10North Carolina$215
  4. 11Virginia$215
  5. 12Oklahoma$218

Questions people ask

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

About $215 a month for 1,000 miles, or $2,577 a year, for the 2026 Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M (17 mpg) at $3.65 a gallon for regular. That works out to 21.5¢ a mile.

Which Silverado version is cheapest to fuel?

The Silverado 2WD (20 mpg), at about $183 a month in North Carolina. The 2026 Silverado comes in 25 EPA-rated versions.

Where does the North Carolina gas price come from?

Estimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for North Carolina's fuel tax (4.2¢/gal higher than the region's average). It updates every week when EIA publishes its survey.

How much of the gas price in North Carolina is tax?

59.7¢ a gallon: 41.3¢ North Carolina state tax and 18.4¢ federal tax. That is 16% of the estimated $3.65 a gallon for regular.

Are gas prices going up in North Carolina?

EIA doesn't survey North Carolina on its own, so the price on this page moves with the Lower Atlantic average: $3.61 a gallon for regular in the week of November 9, 2026, 32¢ less than four weeks earlier and 83¢ 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