2026 Toyota bZ AWD LIMITED: home charging cost in Colorado

At Colorado's residential electricity rate of 16.65¢/kWh, a 2026 Toyota bZ AWD LIMITED (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. Charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here: 69.9% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 Toyota bZ AWD LIMITED charged at home in Colorado costs about $722/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,681 a year.

What one full charge costs

A 2026 Toyota bZ AWD LIMITED needs roughly 80.4 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 278-mile range, which runs about $13.39 at 16.65¢/kWh in Colorado.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 3,682 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Toyota bZ AWD LIMITED alone ranks 36 of 400 models for efficiency; Colorado alone ranks 30 of 51 states for electricity price.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Toyota bZ AWD LIMITED at home

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

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

Where these figures come from

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.