2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi, CA Charging Cost

Charging a 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi at home in California

At California's residential electricity rate of 33.17¢/kWh, a 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi (rated 47.5 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $15.76 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. That works out to 1.6% cheaper per mile than gasoline in California, charging at home costs a little less than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

California owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi spend about $2,365 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $38 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At California's rate, fully covering this 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi's 168-mile EPA range costs about $26.48 (79.8 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 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi in California ranks 20,077 for cost savings versus gas, 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robo taxi ranks 375 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and California ranks 50 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Next step: home charger installation

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.

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

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset, see the methodology guide. California has some of the highest residential electricity rates in the country, see the guide to why the cost varies so much by state for the full picture.