Charging a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD at home in Georgia

At Georgia's residential electricity rate of 15.19¢/kWh, a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD (rated 24.3 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $3.69 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 77% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Georgia — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Georgia owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD spend about $554 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,849 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Georgia's rate, fully covering this 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD's 321-mile EPA range costs about $11.85 (78 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD in Georgia, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD in Georgia ranks 354 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD ranks 2 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Georgia ranks 19 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.

Line up a few Georgia 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 15.19¢/kWh, Georgia sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.