2026 Volvo EX40: home charging cost in Arkansas

At Arkansas's residential electricity rate of 13.43¢/kWh, a 2026 Volvo EX40 (rated 31.7 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.26 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: 73.4% 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 Volvo EX40 charged at home in Arkansas costs about $639/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,764 a year.

Cost of a full charge

A 2026 Volvo EX40 needs roughly 93.8 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 296-mile range, which runs about $12.6 at 13.43¢/kWh in Arkansas.

2026 Volvo EX40 in Arkansas, ranked

This combination ranks 1,612 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Volvo EX40 alone ranks 83 of 400 models for efficiency; Arkansas alone ranks 6 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.

Get quotes from local electricians for Level 2 charger installation in Arkansas before deciding.

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.