Charging a 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD at home in Colorado

At Colorado's residential electricity rate of 16.65¢/kWh, a 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD (rated 31.1 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.17 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 67.7% 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 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD spend about $776 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,627 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Colorado's rate, fully covering this 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD's 319-mile EPA range costs about $16.51 (99.1 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD in Colorado, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD in Colorado ranks 5,300 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD ranks 75 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Colorado ranks 30 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Colorado

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.

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

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. At 16.65¢/kWh, Colorado sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.