What it costs to charge a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Colorado

At Colorado's residential electricity rate of 16.65¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid (rated 30.6 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.09 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 68.2% 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

Home charging this 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Colorado runs about $764 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,639 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

$18.74 — that's what Colorado's 16.65¢/kWh rate puts on the 112.6 kWh a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid needs for its full 368-mile EPA range.

2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Colorado, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Tesla Model S Plaid in Colorado ranks 4,942 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model S Plaid ranks 70 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Colorado ranks 30 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.

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.