Charging a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger) at home in Colorado
At Colorado's residential electricity rate of 16.65¢/kWh, a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger) (rated 32.1 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.34 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 66.7% 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 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger) spend about $801 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,602 saved annually, at this mileage.
Filling up the 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger), in dollars
At Colorado's rate, fully covering this 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger)'s 317-mile EPA range costs about $16.93 (101.7 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 RWD (11 kW Charger) in Colorado ranks 6,112 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger) ranks 90 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Colorado ranks 30 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.
Getting set up to charge a 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ RWD (11 kW Charger) 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
The methodology guide names the exact EIA and EPA tables behind this page's numbers. At 16.65¢/kWh, Colorado sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.