Charging a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger) at home in Arkansas

At Arkansas's residential electricity rate of 13.43¢/kWh, a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger) (rated 34 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.57 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 71.5% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Arkansas — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Arkansas owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger) spend about $685 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,718 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger), in dollars

At Arkansas's rate, fully covering this 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger)'s 303-mile EPA range costs about $13.85 (103.1 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 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger) in Arkansas ranks 2,651 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger) ranks 126 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Arkansas ranks 6 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Arkansas

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 Arkansas electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

More on how this number was built

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ AWD (19 kW Charger)'s cost in Arkansas. At 13.43¢/kWh, Arkansas sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.