Charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD at home in Kentucky

At Kentucky's residential electricity rate of 14.37¢/kWh, a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD (rated 29 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.17 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 74% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Kentucky — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Kentucky owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD spend about $625 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,778 saved annually, at this mileage.

Cost of a full charge

At Kentucky's rate, fully covering this 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD's 321-mile EPA range costs about $13.38 (93.1 kWh) — the energy the EPA test actually used, not the battery's rated size.

How this compares nationally

Among all 20,400 state-and-model combinations this site tracks, charging a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD in Kentucky ranks 1,359 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Kia EV3 Long Range FWD ranks 39 of 400 EV models for raw efficiency, and Kentucky ranks 16 of 51 for cheapest residential electricity.

Getting set up to charge a 2027 Kia EV3 Long Range FWD 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.

Get quotes from local electricians for Level 2 charger installation in Kentucky before deciding.

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.