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What it costs to fuel a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado in Virginia

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

Short answer

$215a month

Driving 1,000 miles a month at $3.66 a gallon for regular. That's 21.5¢ a mile and $2,586 a year.

Estimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for Virginia's fuel tax (5.4¢/gal higher than the region's average).

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1,000 mi
1003,000
Blank uses the Virginia average
Gas · 17 mpgEstimated fuel cost
$215/ month
17 mpg (EPA combined) × $3.66/gal regularEstimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for Virginia's fuel tax (5.4¢/gal higher than the region's average)
Per year
$2,586
Per mile
21.5¢
Over 5 years
$12,928
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Every 2026 Silverado version in Virginia

VersionDriveEPA ratingPer month
Silverado 2WDRWD25 mpgdiesel$230
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD24 mpgdiesel$240
Silverado 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$250
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD (Sport/off road)4WD23 mpgdiesel$250
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD23 mpgdiesel$250
Silverado 4WD ZR2 (Sport/Off Road)4WD21 mpgdiesel$274
Silverado 2WDRWD20 mpg$183
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD19 mpg$193
Silverado 4WD 4M4WD19 mpg$193
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 2WDRWD18 mpg$204
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD M64WD18 mpg$204
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$268
Silverado (with Sport Mode) 4WD4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado 4WD4WD17 mpg$215
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires (Sport Mode) 4WD4WD16 mpg$229
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD16 mpg$229
Silverado Cab Chassis 2WDRWD16 mpg$229
Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD4WD15 mpgpremium$303
Silverado 4WD ZR24WD15 mpgpremium$303
Silverado Cab Chassis 4WD4WD15 mpg$244

Silverado vs. Chevrolet Silverado EV in Virginia

Chevrolet Silverado17 mpg
$215/mo
Chevrolet Silverado EV49.5 kWh/100 mi
$83/mo

The Silverado EV costs about $1,594 a year less to run here.Counting Virginia's $135.63 EV fee, the saving is about $1,458.

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Virginia's gas tax: 42.4¢ a gallon, plus 18.4¢ federal

Of the estimated $3.66 a gallon for regular in Virginia, 60.8¢ is tax: 17% of the price.

At 1,000 miles a month, the Silverado (17 mpg) pays about $36 a month in fuel tax, $429 a year. Virginia's state gas tax is the 9th highest of the 50 states and DC.

Electric cars pay no gas tax, so Virginia charges them an extra registration fee instead: $135.63 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 Virginia's fuel tax (5.4¢/gal higher than the region's average). EV fee: Virginia state government. Fees checked October 2026.

Lower Atlantic gas prices are down 32¢ in a month

EIA doesn't survey Virginia 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.

Virginia is the 11th cheapest state to fuel a Silverado

11th 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 Virginia
  1. 9West Virginia$212
  2. 10North Carolina$215
  3. 11Virginia$215
  4. 12Oklahoma$218
  5. 13Florida$219

Questions people ask

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

About $215 a month for 1,000 miles, or $2,586 a year, for the 2026 Silverado Mud Terrain Tires 4WD 4M (17 mpg) at $3.66 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 Virginia. The 2026 Silverado comes in 25 EPA-rated versions.

Where does the Virginia gas price come from?

Estimate: Lower Atlantic regional average, adjusted for Virginia's fuel tax (5.4¢/gal higher than the region's average). It updates every week when EIA publishes its survey.

How much of the gas price in Virginia is tax?

60.8¢ a gallon: 42.4¢ Virginia state tax and 18.4¢ federal tax. That is 17% of the estimated $3.66 a gallon for regular.

Are gas prices going up in Virginia?

EIA doesn't survey Virginia 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