What it costs to charge a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) in Illinois

At Illinois's residential electricity rate of 19.22¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) (rated 28.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $5.56 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 65.3% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Illinois — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Home charging this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) in Illinois runs about $834 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,569 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels), in dollars

$18.24 — that's what Illinois's 19.22¢/kWh rate puts on the 94.9 kWh a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) needs for its full 328-mile EPA range.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) in Illinois ranks 7,253 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) ranks 37 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Illinois ranks 36 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (19 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 Illinois 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. Illinois's 19.22¢/kWh rate ranks 36 of 51 states; the state rate guide lays out the full spread.