A year-round Cape commute in a 2026 Jeep Cherokee costs about $1,650 in fuel by the EPA's own estimate, and you never plug it in. That figure comes from a 37 MPG combined rating on regular unleaded, and it holds whether you are crawling to the Sagamore Bridge in August or running an empty Route 6 in February. What follows is what that actually looks like across a Cape year, and why the winter half is the half worth thinking about.
