2026 Toyota bZ AWD: home charging cost in Arkansas

At Arkansas's residential electricity rate of 13.43¢/kWh, a 2026 Toyota bZ AWD (rated 28 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $3.76 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: 76.5% 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 2026 Toyota bZ AWD charged at home in Arkansas costs about $564/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,839 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Toyota bZ AWD, in dollars

A 2026 Toyota bZ AWD needs roughly 80.6 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 288-mile range, which runs about $10.83 at 13.43¢/kWh in Arkansas.

2026 Toyota bZ AWD in Arkansas, ranked

This combination ranks 467 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Toyota bZ AWD alone ranks 27 of 400 models for efficiency; Arkansas alone ranks 6 of 51 states for electricity price.

Before you install a home charger in Arkansas

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.

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

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. At 13.43¢/kWh, Arkansas sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.