Charging a 2026 BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels) at home in Alabama

At Alabama's residential electricity rate of 16.58¢/kWh, a 2026 BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels) (rated 28.5 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.73 to drive 100 miles on home charging, against $16.02 for the same distance in a car averaging 25.5 mpg on gasoline at $4.085/gallon. That works out to 70.5% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Alabama — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Alabama owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels) spend about $709 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,693 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Alabama's rate, fully covering this 2026 BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels)'s 333-mile EPA range costs about $15.75 (95 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2026 BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels) in Alabama, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels) in Alabama ranks 3,284 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i4 eDrive40 Gran Coupe (18 inch wheels) ranks 31 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Alabama ranks 29 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Next step: home charger installation

Everything above is the per-mile and per-year cost once a home charger exists — getting one installed is a separate electrical job whose price depends on your panel and wiring, not the state average used here.

Ask a licensed Alabama electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. At 16.58¢/kWh, Alabama sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.