2027 BMW iX3 50 xDrive (21 inch Summer Tires): home charging cost in Alabama

At Alabama's residential electricity rate of 16.58¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW iX3 50 xDrive (21 inch Summer Tires) (rated 32 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.3 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. Charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here: 66.9% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2027 BMW iX3 50 xDrive (21 inch Summer Tires) charged at home in Alabama costs about $795/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,608 a year.

Filling up the 2027 BMW iX3 50 xDrive (21 inch Summer Tires), in dollars

A 2027 BMW iX3 50 xDrive (21 inch Summer Tires) needs roughly 127.3 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 398-mile range, which runs about $21.11 at 16.58¢/kWh in Alabama.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 5,943 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The BMW iX3 50 xDrive (21 inch Summer Tires) alone ranks 87 of 400 models for efficiency; Alabama alone ranks 29 of 51 states for electricity price.

Next step: home charger installation

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

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

Where these figures come from

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.