Charging a 2026 Nissan LEAF 75kWh (19 inch Wheels) at home in Kentucky

At Kentucky's residential electricity rate of 14.37¢/kWh, a 2026 Nissan LEAF 75kWh (19 inch Wheels) (rated 32.7 kWh per 100 miles by the EPA) costs $4.7 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 70.6% cheaper per mile than gasoline in Kentucky — charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here.

What a year of driving costs

Kentucky owners putting 15,000 annual miles on a 2026 Nissan LEAF 75kWh (19 inch Wheels) spend about $705 on home electricity, compared to about $2,403 a gas-car equivalent would spend on fuel. Call it about $1,698 saved annually, at this mileage.

What one full charge costs

At Kentucky's rate, fully covering this 2026 Nissan LEAF 75kWh (19 inch Wheels)'s 259-mile EPA range costs about $12.18 (84.8 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 2026 Nissan LEAF 75kWh (19 inch Wheels) in Kentucky ranks 3,252 for cost savings versus gas — 1 being the best deal nationally. Separately, the Nissan LEAF 75kWh (19 inch Wheels) ranks 107 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.

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