Charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) at home in District of Columbia

At District of Columbia's residential electricity rate of 24.54¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) (rated 31.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $7.82 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. That works out to 51.2% cheaper per mile than gasoline in District of Columbia — charging at home is much cheaper than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

District of Columbia owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) spend about $1,173 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,230 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels), in dollars

At District of Columbia's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels)'s 299-mile EPA range costs about $23.38 (95.3 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 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) in District of Columbia ranks 14,771 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) ranks 84 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and District of Columbia ranks 42 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) 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.

Line up a few District of Columbia 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 24.54¢/kWh, District of Columbia sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.