Charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) at home in Colorado

At Colorado's residential electricity rate of 16.65¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) (rated 28.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.82 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 69.9% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Colorado — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Colorado owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) spend about $723 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,680 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels), in dollars

At Colorado's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels)'s 328-mile EPA range costs about $15.8 (94.9 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 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) in Colorado ranks 3,675 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) ranks 37 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Colorado ranks 30 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) 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.

Ask a licensed Colorado electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Curious how Colorado's 16.65¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.