2026 Volkswagen ID.4: home charging cost in Kentucky

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 draws 29.8 kWh per 100 miles per the EPA; at Kentucky's 14.37¢/kWh residential rate that's $4.28 per 100 miles charged at home, versus $16.02 for a 25.5-mpg gas car covering the same distance. Charging at home costs a fraction of what gas would here: 73.3% less than gas per mile, here specifically.

Annual cost, at 15 thousands miles a year

Driving 15,000 miles a year — fueleconomy.gov's own default assumption — a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 charged at home in Kentucky costs about $642/year in electricity, against about $2,403/year for the gas-car comparison. That's a savings of about $1,761 a year.

Filling up the 2026 Volkswagen ID.4, in dollars

A 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 needs roughly 86.7 kWh to reach its EPA-rated 291-mile range, which runs about $12.45 at 14.37¢/kWh in Kentucky.

Where this ranks

This combination ranks 1,654 of 20,400 state/model pairs for cost savings against gas (1 is cheapest). The Volkswagen ID.4 alone ranks 53 of 400 models for efficiency; Kentucky alone ranks 16 of 51 states for electricity price.

Getting set up to charge a 2026 Volkswagen ID.4 at home

The numbers above assume Level 2 home charging is already in place — the electrical work behind that is a real, separate cost that varies by panel, wiring, and local labor rates, not something this page's per-mile math includes.

Ask a licensed Kentucky electrician to quote the install before this math becomes a real decision.

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named EIA or EPA dataset — see the methodology guide. Curious how Kentucky's 14.37¢/kWh compares? The guide to charging cost by state ranks every state side by side.