Charging a 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22) at home in Indiana

A 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22) draws 27 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Indiana's 17.11¢/kWh residential rate that's $4.62 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. That works out to 71.2% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Indiana — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Indiana owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22) spend about $693 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,710 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Indiana's rate, fully covering this 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22)'s 374-mile EPA range costs about $17.28 (101 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22) in Indiana, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22) in Indiana ranks 2,829 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Plus with EQ Tech (R22) ranks 18 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Indiana ranks 32 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.

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

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 17.11¢/kWh, Indiana sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.