Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD at home in Hawaii

At Hawaii's residential electricity rate of 45.95¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD (rated 33 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $15.16 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 5.3% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Hawaii — charging at home costs a little less than gas here.

What a year of driving costs

Hawaii owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD spend about $2,275 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $128 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD, in dollars

At Hawaii's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD's 280-mile EPA range costs about $42.46 (92.4 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD in Hawaii, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range AWD in Hawaii ranks 20,035 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Long Range AWD ranks 109 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Hawaii ranks 51 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Hawaii

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 Hawaii 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. Hawaii has some of the highest residential electricity rates in the country — see the guide to why the cost varies so much by state for the full picture.