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Ownership costs

Car Ownership Cost Calculator

Compare two vehicles using depreciation, fuel, insurance, maintenance, financing interest, and fees. See total, monthly, and per-mile or per-km costs.

Ownership costs

Auto Loan Calculator

Estimate a fixed-rate car loan payment, total interest, and remaining balance with term comparisons and a yearly repayment breakdown.

Ownership costs

Auto Refinance Calculator

Compare keeping your current car loan with refinancing, including fees, monthly payment changes, and total remaining cost.

Ownership costs

Car Lease Calculator

Estimate a car lease payment, cash due at signing, and total cost with a breakdown of depreciation, rent charges, taxes, and fees.

Fuel & mileage

Fuel Cost Calculator

Calculate trip fuel cost and split costs in U.S., metric, or UK units, including Imperial MPG and pounds per litre.

Fuel & mileage

MPG Calculator

Calculate fuel economy from a fill-up in miles or kilometers and U.S. gallons, UK gallons, or liters. Get MPG, L/100 km, and km/L.

Fuel & mileage

MPG to L/100 km Converter

Convert fuel economy both ways between U.S. MPG, UK MPG, L/100 km, and km/L. Includes formulas and a comparison table.

Fuel & mileage

Annual Fuel Cost Calculator

Estimate annual and monthly fuel spending in U.S., metric, or UK units, with your own fuel price and currency.

Electric vehicles

EV Charging Cost Calculator

Estimate charging-session cost and energy drawn from the wall, including charging losses.

Electric vehicles

EV Charging Time Calculator

Estimate EV charging time from battery capacity, charge range, and average charging power.

Electric vehicles

EV vs Gas Cost Calculator

Compare yearly electricity and gasoline spending for the same driving distance.

Tires & wheels

Wheel Offset Calculator

Compare wheel width and offset to estimate inner clearance and outward position changes, with a shared-scale diagram.

Tires & wheels

Tire Size Calculator

Calculate nominal tire diameter, sidewall height, circumference, and revolutions per mile.

Tires & wheels

Tire Size Comparison Calculator

Compare two tire sizes with a scale diagram, dimension table, and speedometer estimates in mph or km/h.

Engine & drivetrain

Engine Displacement Calculator

Calculate engine swept volume in liters, cubic centimeters, and cubic inches from bore and stroke.

Engine & drivetrain

Horsepower & Torque Calculator

Calculate horsepower from torque or torque from power at a given RPM. Supports lb-ft, N·m, mechanical hp, kW, and metric PS.

Engine & drivetrain

Gear Ratio RPM Calculator

Calculate engine RPM from mph or km/h, tire diameter in inches or millimeters, transmission gear, and final drive ratio.

Engine & drivetrain

Compression Ratio Calculator

Calculate static engine compression ratio from bore, stroke and total clearance volume per cylinder, with metric or inch dimensions.

Engine & drivetrain

Mean Piston Speed Calculator

Calculate mean piston speed in meters per second and feet per minute from engine RPM and stroke in millimeters or inches.

Fuel & mileage

Fuel Range Calculator

Estimate driving range from fuel remaining and measured fuel economy, with a reserve you choose. Supports U.S., UK and metric units.

Fuel & mileage

Fuel Savings Calculator

Compare annual fuel use and spending at two MPG or L/100 km values. See yearly and monthly savings using your mileage and fuel price.

Electric vehicles

EV Range Calculator

Estimate EV driving range from usable battery capacity, current charge, chosen reserve and battery-side consumption. See miles and kilometers.

Engine & drivetrain

Rod-to-Stroke Ratio Calculator

Calculate connecting-rod length divided by crankshaft stroke in millimeters or inches. Distinguish rod-to-stroke from rod-to-crank-radius ratio.

Engine & drivetrain

Engine Airflow Calculator

Estimate four-stroke engine airflow in CFM and liters per minute from displacement, RPM and entered volumetric efficiency. Includes metric and cubic-inch inputs.

Tires & wheels

Wheel RPM Calculator

Convert road speed to wheel RPM, or wheel RPM to speed, using tire revolutions per mile, revolutions per kilometer or rolling circumference.

Engine & drivetrain

Aerodynamic Drag Power Calculator

Calculate a vehicle’s aerodynamic drag force and power in still air from speed, drag coefficient, frontal area and air density. See newtons, kW and hp.

Engine & drivetrain

Hill-Climbing Power Calculator

Estimate the extra mechanical power needed to lift a vehicle uphill at steady speed. Enter loaded mass, road grade or angle, and speed in mph or km/h.

Engine & drivetrain

Vehicle Elevation Energy Calculator

Calculate the mechanical energy needed to raise a loaded vehicle through an elevation gain. Convert kilograms or pounds and meters or feet to kWh, Wh and kJ.

Electric vehicles

EV Charging Efficiency Calculator

Calculate EV charging efficiency and the energy difference between a wall meter and battery energy gained over the same charging session.

Tires & wheels

Rolling Resistance Calculator

Estimate tire rolling resistance force, mechanical power and energy per distance from loaded vehicle mass, speed and an entered rolling resistance coefficient.

Engine & drivetrain

Power-to-Weight Ratio Calculator

Calculate vehicle power-to-weight ratio in hp per metric tonne, kW per tonne, lb per hp and kg per kW. Supports mechanical hp, metric PS and kW inputs.

Engine & drivetrain

BMEP Calculator

Calculate brake mean effective pressure from crankshaft torque and total engine displacement. Compare two- and four-stroke engines in bar, kPa and psi.

Engine & drivetrain

Injector Duty Cycle Calculator

Calculate injector duty cycle from pulse width, RPM and the pulse interval for one injector. See repeat period, pulse frequency and remaining off-time.

Engine & drivetrain

BSFC Calculator

Calculate brake specific fuel consumption from fuel mass flow and engine brake power. Get results in g/kWh and lb/(hp·h), with metric and imperial inputs.

Tires & wheels

Stopping Distance Calculator

Estimate reaction distance, braking distance and total stopping distance from speed, reaction time and constant deceleration. Compare meters and feet.

Engine & drivetrain

Vehicle Kinetic Energy Calculator

Calculate a car’s translational kinetic energy from mass and speed, plus the energy change when speeding up or slowing down. Results in kJ and Wh.

Engine & drivetrain

Vehicle Acceleration Calculator

Calculate average vehicle acceleration or deceleration from two speeds and elapsed time. Convert mph, km/h or m/s into m/s² and g.

Engine & drivetrain

Wheel Torque to Force Calculator

Calculate ideal drive force from wheel torque and effective rolling radius. Compare tire-radius scenarios with clear per-wheel and total-torque guidance.

Tires & wheels

Odometer Correction Calculator

Calculate a trip-distance correction factor from a measured reference route and your odometer reading. Estimate corrected trip miles or kilometers.

Tires & wheels

Tire Tread Wear Rate Calculator

Calculate observed tire tread loss per 1,000 miles or kilometers from two depth readings. Compare measurement intervals with mm and 32nds-inch inputs.

Tires & wheels

Tire Cost per Mile Calculator

Compare two tire sets by cost per mile or kilometer. Enter total costs and service distances to see cents per distance and an equal-cost distance for Set B.

Engine & drivetrain

Brake Thermal Efficiency Calculator

Calculate engine brake thermal efficiency from BSFC and fuel lower heating value. See the energy balance per kWh of crankshaft output, with worked examples.

Engine & drivetrain

Engine Mechanical Efficiency Calculator

Calculate engine mechanical efficiency from indicated and brake power in kW or hp. Find the power difference, with matched-measurement guidance and examples.

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