What it costs to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD in Connecticut

At Connecticut's residential electricity rate of 28.82¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD (rated 28.8 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $8.31 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 48.1% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Connecticut — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Home charging this 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD in Connecticut runs about $1,247 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,156 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

$18.37 — that's what Connecticut's 28.82¢/kWh rate puts on the 63.8 kWh a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD needs for its full 221-mile EPA range.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD in Connecticut ranks 15,519 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD ranks 34 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Connecticut ranks 45 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Standard Range FWD 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 Connecticut 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. At 28.82¢/kWh, Connecticut sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.