Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD at home in Alaska

At Alaska's residential electricity rate of 26.86¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $8.86 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 44.7% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Alaska — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Alaska owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD spend about $1,330 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,073 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD, in dollars

At Alaska's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD's 280-mile EPA range costs about $24.82 (92.4 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD in Alaska, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD in Alaska ranks 16,206 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Long Range AWD ranks 109 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Alaska ranks 44 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD at home

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.

Line up a few Alaska electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Alaska's 26.86¢/kWh rate ranks 44 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.