Charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) at home in Idaho

At Idaho's residential electricity rate of 12.8¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) (rated 31.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.08 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 74.5% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Idaho — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels): yearly cost in Idaho

Idaho owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) spend about $612 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,791 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Idaho's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels)'s 299-mile EPA range costs about $12.2 (95.3 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) in Idaho, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) in Idaho ranks 1,135 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 Idaho ranks 3 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 Idaho electrician quotes for Level 2 install before you commit either way.

More on how this number was built

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (20 inch Wheels)'s cost in Idaho. Idaho is one of the cheapest states for home electricity — the guide to why the cost varies so much by state covers what drives that.