2027 BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels): home charging cost in Illinois

A 2027 BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) draws 33.8 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Illinois's 19.22¢/kWh residential rate that's $6.5 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. Charging at home is much cheaper than gas here: 59.5% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

What a year of driving costs

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2027 BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) charged at home in Illinois costs about $974/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,429 a year.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels), in dollars

A 2027 BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) needs roughly 95.6 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 283-mile range, which runs about $18.38 at 19.22¢/kWh in Illinois.

How this compares nationally

This combination ranks 11,402 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) alone ranks 119 of 400 models for efficiency; Illinois alone ranks 36 of 51 states for electricity price.

Before you install a home charger in Illinois

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

Ask a licensed Illinois electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

Where these figures come from

See the methodology guide for exactly which EIA and EPA figures feed 2027 BMW i5 xDrive40 Sedan (19 inch Wheels)'s cost in Illinois. At 19.22¢/kWh, Illinois sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.