Gas is $4.12/gal. Your Car isn’t required.
Most of your trips are under 6 miles. An ebike covers them for pennies and pays for itself in a year.
$4.12
U.S. average per gallon
AAA · April 2026
60%
of vehicle trips are under 6 miles
U.S. DOE · NHTS
$0.22
to charge an e-bike for 100 miles
E-Bike 1000 MPG Project
A full tank costs more than a weekend getaway used to.
AAA puts the U.S. national average at $4.12 per gallon as of early April 2026 and climbing. Fill a 15-gallon tank and you’re out $62. Do that twice a month and you’re burning over $1,500 a year before you’ve paid for insurance, parking, or a single oil change.
Here’s the part nobody tells you: most of the driving you do doesn’t need a car. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, nearly 60% of all vehicle trips are under 6 miles. Three-quarters are under 10. That’s not a commute. That’s a coffee run, a grocery stop, a ride to the gym. Trips an ebike does better, faster through traffic, and at roughly 1/80th the cost per mile.
What “5,000 fewer car miles” actually saves you
The average American drives about 10,000 miles a year. If half of those are short errands you swap for an e-bike, you save roughly $825 a year in gas alone. Add skipped oil changes, reduced tire wear, fewer parking fees; and the real number easily clears $1,000.
You don’t have to believe us. Take a look at what others that have replaced their cars have to say:
Your car is overkill for 60% of your life.
The Department of Energy’s analysis of the National Household Travel Survey is blunt: 59.4% of all U.S. vehicle trips are less than 6 miles. Three-quarters are under 10. More recent data shows 52% of all daily trips are under 3 miles. The majority of your driving is exactly the range an e-bike handles without breaking a sweat.
Pick your starting line.
One folds into a closet for multi-modal commuters. The other is a premium German mid-drive built for daily miles. Both stop you from ever pulling into a gas station for short trips again.
Prodigy v2
From $1,795
The e-bike you’d buy even if gas were free. A German Brose TF Sprinter mid-drive with 90Nm of torque makes climbs disappear, and 30–50 miles of range handles a week of commuting on one plug-in. Integrated lights, fenders, and your choice of a 9-speed chain or Enviolo CVT.
Portola
From $995
The easiest way to stop filling up. Folds in 30 seconds to fit in a closet, trunk, or under a desk then unfolds into a 750W, 28-mph e-bike with up to 50 miles of range. Built for the short trips that were never worth driving in the first place.
