Charging a 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD at home in Iowa

At Iowa's residential electricity rate of 13.77¢/kWh, a 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD (rated 31.4 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.33 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 73% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Iowa — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Iowa owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD spend about $649 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,754 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Iowa's rate, fully covering this 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD's 260-mile EPA range costs about $11.26 (81.7 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD in Iowa, ranked

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD in Iowa ranks 1,817 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD ranks 79 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Iowa ranks 9 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Before you install a home charger in Iowa

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 Iowa 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 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD's cost in Iowa. Curious how Iowa's 13.77¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.