What it costs to charge a 2026 Kia Niro Electric in Kansas

At Kansas's residential electricity rate of 15.19¢/kWh, a 2026 Kia Niro Electric (rated 30 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.56 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 71.6% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Kansas — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

2026 Kia Niro Electric: yearly cost in Kansas

Home charging this 2026 Kia Niro Electric in Kansas runs about $684 over fueleconomy.gov's default 15,000 annual miles, versus about $2,403 for the gasoline equivalent. Call it about $1,719 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2026 Kia Niro Electric, in dollars

$11.53 — that's what Kansas's 15.19¢/kWh rate puts on the 75.9 kWh a 2026 Kia Niro Electric needs for its full 253-mile EPA range.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2026 Kia Niro Electric in Kansas ranks 2,599 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia Niro Electric ranks 58 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Kansas ranks 20 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Kia Niro Electric 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.

Ask a licensed Kansas 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 15.19¢/kWh, Kansas sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.