Charging a 2027 BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires) at home in Alabama

A 2027 BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires) draws 36.8 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Alabama's 16.58¢/kWh residential rate that's $6.09 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. That works out to 62% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Alabama — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Alabama owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires) spend about $914 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,489 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires), in dollars

At Alabama's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires)'s 364-mile EPA range costs about $22.19 (133.8 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires) in Alabama ranks 9,797 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i7 xDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Summer Tires) ranks 184 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

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. At 16.58¢/kWh, Alabama sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.