Charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) at home in Kentucky

At Kentucky's residential electricity rate of 14.37¢/kWh, a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) (rated 33.9 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.87 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 69.6% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Kentucky — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels): yearly cost in Kentucky

Kentucky owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) spend about $730 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,673 saved annually, at this mileage.

Filling up the 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels), in dollars

At Kentucky's rate, fully covering this 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels)'s 280-mile EPA range costs about $13.62 (94.8 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

Where this ranks

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) in Kentucky ranks 3,903 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) ranks 120 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Kentucky ranks 16 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.

Line up a few Kentucky 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. At 14.37¢/kWh, Kentucky sits in the middle of the national range — the guide to why charging cost varies by state shows where.